A slightly morbid episode about mortality and life expectancy. We dig into how life expectancy is calculated, why you probably wouldn't be dead at 45 in a Medieval society, then talk about a way of considering the lethality of the COVID pandemic which doesn't just include people who were infected by the virus.

Sources:

UN Stats https://unstats.un.org/home/

ABS data for Aboriginal people https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-peoples/life-tables-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-australians/2015-2017#life-tables

Indigenous child mortality https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/children-youth/australias-children/contents/indigenous-children

Indigenous maternal mortality https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/mothers-babies/maternal-deaths-in-australia-2016/contents/report

ABS Excess Deaths https://www.abs.gov.au/articles/measuring-excess-mortality-australia-during-covid-19-pandemic

CDC Excess Deaths https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/excess_deaths.htm

Our World In Data Excess Deaths https://ourworldindata.org/excess-mortality-covid

For the video version of episode go to https://youtu.be/iPO7_bQaV4I

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