Gothamist: Death's Decline in New York City

Cheng

Tue, 03 Feb 2004 17:39:18 -0500

Re: 3 WTC 9/11 deaths outside of New York You mean the Table WTC2 figure of Deaths by Date of Death? Since these happened days or weeks after the attack, I assume they're severely injured people who were taken home by out-of-state families, and who later died of their injuries.

jenny

Tue, 03 Feb 2004 16:14:51 -0500

The trade center stuff was pretty interesting. they actually had a birth chart that shows the 8-9 months after the attack [ya know, the so-called baby boom that was supposed to show up?] weird though. there are three deaths outside of NY that are considered part of the 9/11 deaths. One of those is in Missouri. Any idea why this is?

Sterling

Tue, 03 Feb 2004 14:58:44 -0500

That's a terrific chart - somebody in city gov't deserves some serious kudos for putting it in that context. What I'd like to see next: the deathrate from alcohol and drugs for the whole tenure of New York. My guess - it hasn't fallen so low as that from contagion.

tien

Tue, 03 Feb 2004 14:54:14 -0500

well, the diabetes thing is related to the higher incidences of diabetes in african americans are higher than that of most other groups in the country. genetics play a role, and i'm sure SES only compounds the problems.