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Re:Dumb Ways to Die: Printed Ephemera by plomme on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @06:28AM (#46044790)
Would be really cool to graph out causes of death over the centuries! Wikipedia cites continous publication from 1527 to 1858[1]. Collecting the data seems daunting, though.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bills_of_mortality

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Re:Dumb Ways to Die: Printed Ephemera by libraryofbabel on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @07:18AM (#46045118)
It’s already been (at least partly) digitized, e.g. https://www.deathbynumbers.org/data/

One thing you will have trouble with however, is that disease categories and the process of determining cause of death changed a great deal from 1527 to 1858. So the categories you're working with aren't stable at all.

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Re:Dumb Ways to Die: Printed Ephemera by plomme on Wednesday November 26, 2025 @02:49AM (#46055149)
Wow, thanks!
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