Why you are "significantly more likely" to die on your birthday

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Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2024/07/16/why-you-are-significantly-more-likely-to-die-on-your-birthday.html

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This reason is my favorite:

  • Possible errors in death registration records, though this is unlikely to account for the full effect
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Skydiving isn’t on the list?

https://www.khou.com/gallery/news/politics/george-h-w-bush/photos-president-bush-skydives-for-80th-90th-birthdays/285-148463661

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Also NOT wonderful.

On an anecdotal note, my birthday was last Saturday.

Guess I will have to wait until after I’m in my 60’s to see if I really am defying “the odds.”

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It’s all the surprise birthday parties and heart conditions I think

Season 4 Surprise GIF by The Office

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That reminds me of an old Sidney Harris cartoon where a scientist is interviewing a hillbilly who says “Probably the source of our long lives up here in the mountains is the clean air, clean water, and the inability to count correctly”.

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Relevant:

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