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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2014) by spacehome on Saturday March 01, 2014 @02:02PM (#7325602)
It looks like the average across the whole population in the U.S. is 8 in 1000 people will die each year [1].

[1] http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.CDRT.IN

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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2014) by ricardobeat on Saturday March 01, 2014 @05:26PM (#7326422)
Maybe the actual stat is that one in those eight people dies due to being uninsured?
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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2014) by bird_in_hand on Saturday March 01, 2014 @07:18PM (#7326947)
I bet a huge percentage of people dying are over 65 and have Medicare. You need numbers for those outside of that safety net to compare.
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