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Re:Estimation of total mortality due to COVID-19 by rajin444 on Friday May 07, 2021 @04:05PM (#27080305)
> Other significant causes of death (including suicide, influenza, road traffic accidents) appear to be down.

Can you source your other claims? At least one seems to be wrong. Traffic deaths seem to be up:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2021/03/05/pandemi...

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Re:Estimation of total mortality due to COVID-19 by teachingassist on Friday May 07, 2021 @07:25PM (#27081962)
Other countries are reporting otherwise, typically in the tens of percents down. Singapore, Greece, India, Germany, UK, Zambia, Malta, Philippines:

https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/fall-traffic-accidents...

https://www.marketscreener.com/news/latest/Road-Traffic-Acci...

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/delhi-news/road-accide...

https://www.destatis.de/EN/Themes/Society-Environment/Traffi...

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/reported-road-casua...

https://zambiareports.com/2020/07/22/332-die-road-accidents-...

https://newsbook.com.mt/en/2021-sees-decline-in-road-traffic...

https://www.topgear.com.ph/news/motoring-news/mmda-edsa-road...

These are mostly unchecked secondary sources, of course. But, your secondary source, the "National Safety Council", appears to over-report deaths compared to the Department of Transportation's later figures. In 2019, they over-reported by... 8%.

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