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A nice visualization!

I was investigating this topic for some time and it turns out that the mortality curve is interesting: grows exponentially in time. In some sense, we start "aging" at the age of 6-8 y.o. (the safest age in Western countries). Plus, there is a bump of mortality in around 20, much more pronounced for males (accidents).

See e.g. https://plot.ly/~PiotrMigdal/11/mortality-rate-by-age-and-ge... And more info on the exponential growth: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gompertz%E2%80%93Makeham_law_o...




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