I've never quite understood counting deaths as a number, especially for older people. If you have 100 people and 50 die, then you have reduced the possible death cohort by one half. Those 50 people will never die again. So now you have 50 people and 25 die. It looks like the death rate is getting better but there are fewer people who ha…
I've never quite understood counting deaths as a number, especially for older people. If you have 100 people and 50 die, then you have reduced the possible death cohort by one half. Those 50 people will never die again. So now you have 50 people and 25 die. It looks like the death rate is getting better but there are fewer people who had the ability to die. Still 1/2 of the people died, but only 25 as opposed to 50. This looks great on a chart. First death wave was 50, second was only 25!!! As you keep going, the death rate decreases if you are counting numbers not percentages of how many are left. There are fewer left to die. I'd like to know the percentages based on who is left.
I've never quite understood counting deaths as a number, especially for older people. If you have 100 people and 50 die, then you have reduced the possible death cohort by one half. Those 50 people will never die again. So now you have 50 people and 25 die. It looks like the death rate is getting better but there are fewer people who had the ability to die. Still 1/2 of the people died, but only 25 as opposed to 50. This looks great on a chart. First death wave was 50, second was only 25!!! As you keep going, the death rate decreases if you are counting numbers not percentages of how many are left. There are fewer left to die. I'd like to know the percentages based on who is left.