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The absence of data concerning homeless populations is not a new phenomenon. It underlines the wider invisibility of the unhoused.
In general, an ageing population puts added pressure on the working-age population to be more productive – just to maintain total output – amid growing fiscal constraints.
A recent study found one billion people are likely to die prematurely by the end of the century from climate change. Here are seven energy policies that could save their lives.
Big data is not the answer to all the challenges that faced Census 2022, but it may be a key enabler for gathering reliable national data in the future.
A gap between rich and the poor in cancer deaths for middle-aged people is growing. Deaths from cancer have fallen over time, but less so in our poorest regions where there is less health care access.
New research explores the health potential of brief bursts of activity – and how wearables combined with machine learning can reveal health benefits of unexplored aspects of our everyday lives.
As hip-hop turns 50, an unfortunate reality is that so many of its pioneering artists never live to see much more than 50 years themselves, a professor of hip-hop writes.
Three economists looked at years of temperature and death data and calculated the costs when forecasts miss the mark.
New research shows that preventable deaths are increasing in the US at the same time that life expectancy keeps dropping.
COVID-19 is the third-leading cause of death in Canada, but it’s older people who are dying. That we accept this and carry on as if the pandemic is over reveals our ageism: We don’t value older people.
During the 1918 flu pandemic, white people died at similar rates to Black Americans, according to a new study – a very different pattern than what occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic.
There were deaths from COVID and deaths with COVID – but other deaths are also likely linked to the virus’s impact on our health and our medical care.
A bear eats a teenager, and inherits his memories. An ageing woman writer buys a tower of her own – where she reimagines the crone from Rapunzel. Two inventive new books resonate with our reviewer.
Views on death and the afterlife vary from person to person and culture to culture. This course gives US Air Force cadets a broad perspective on mortality and its effects on people and society.
The worst effects are during high nighttime temperatures, something happening more often with climate change. Wildfire smoke adds to the risk.
Models shows that some 4 million people in the US have lost a grandparent to COVID-19. But until now, there has been a dearth of research into the mental health effects of losing a grandparent.
The public expects transparency about politicians’ earnings, but it’s not the only area where elite groups have an advantage.
The risk of dying changes over the course of a lifetime. Very high at birth, it falls and then gradually rises again… except for a peak after adolescence. Why such a statistical anomaly?
Around half of recent excess deaths in England have been directly from COVID.
Top contributors
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Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography, University of Oxford
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Docteur, spécialiste des méthodes de prévision (mortalité, longévité, etc.), Ined (Institut national d'études démographiques)
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Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Adelaide University
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Démographe et économiste, spécialiste des inégalités territoriales, Ined (Institut national d'études démographiques)
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Honorary Fellow, Department of Health Sciences, University of York
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Principal Research Fellow, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Physical Activity, Lifestyle, and Population Health, University of Sydney
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DPhil, Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor of Digital Health, Monash University
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Director Strategy and Partnerships, African Academy of Sciences, African Academy of Sciences
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Professor, Department of Health Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science
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PhD Candidate and Research Fellow at the Monash Health [Health and Social Care Unit], Monash University
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Professor of Actuarial Science, University of Kent
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Professor, Clinical Epidemiology & Process Redesign, Flinders University
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Professor, Victoria University