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Re:World's longest and deepest rail tunnel to open in Switze... by shawabawa3 on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @06:47AM (#11813397)
0.346% of the population over 17 years. Wouldn't be surprised if it was less than the national average death rate
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Re:World's longest and deepest rail tunnel to open in Switze... by groupmonoid on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @08:26AM (#11813796)
You're right. Death rate is about 0.8%, to be compared to 0.02% here (40 times less). Of course, this does not account for the difference in the age distribution of workers vs the national population.
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