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Clare Griffiths @statsgeekclare.bsky.social · 5h

agreed, catch up soon at council xx

Clare Griffiths @statsgeekclare.bsky.social · 1d

Tbf there are numerous good reasons for this… I’d be worried if they didn’t report on homicide and if anything gun deaths are under not over reported given just how preventable they are.

Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 1d

Nice chart from @ourworldindata.org showing the contrast between what Americans die of (heart disease and cancer) v what the US media reports on (homicide and terrorism). This naturally leads to it being trickier to build a fact based world view
ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...

What Americans die from
and the causes of death the US media reports on
Causes of death in the US in 2023
Heart disease (29%)
Cancer (26%)
Accidents (9.5%)
Stroke (6.9%)
Lower respiratory diseases
(6.2%)
Alzheimer's disease (4.8%)
Diabetes (4.0%)
Kidney failure (2.4%)
Liver disease (2.2%)
Homicide (<1%)
Terrorism (<0.001%)|
COVID-19 (2.1%)
Influenza/Pneu
monia (19%6)

Media coverage of these causes of death in 2023 in...
The New York Times
The Washington Post
Fox News
Heart disease (2.8%)
Heart disease (2.9%)
Cancer (4.1%)
Cancer (4.7%)
Accidents (5.9%)
Cancer (3.8%)
Accidents (6.1%)
Accidents (9.7%)
Suicide (4.1%)
Suicide (3.3%)
COVID-19 (6.0%)
COVID-19 (7.9%)
Suicide (3.8%)
COVID-19 (5.3%)
Drug overdose (7.5%)
Drug overdose (9.8%)
Drug overdose (9.5%)
Cancer (26%)
Accidents (9.5%)
Stroke (6.9%)
Lower respiratory diseases
(6.2%)
Alzheimer's disease (4.8%)
Diabetes (4.0%)
Kidney failure (24%)
Suicide (2.1%0)
COVID-19 (2.1%0
Homicide (42%)
Homicide (52%)
Homicide (46%)
Terrorism (18%)
Terrorism (12%)
Terrorism (11%)
Homicide (<1%)
Terrorism (<0.001%)
Note: Based on the share of causes of death in the US and the share of mentions for each of the causes in the New York Times, the Washington Post and Fox News. All values are normalized to 100%, so the shares are relative to all deaths caused by the 12 most common causes + drug overdoses, homicides and terrorism. These causes account for more than 75% of deaths in the US.
A "media mention" is a published article in one of the outlets which mentions the cause (e,g. "influenza) or related keywords (e.g. "fu") least twice.
Data sources: Media mentions from Media Cloud (2025): deaths data from the US CDC (2025) and Global Terrorism Index.|
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Clare Griffiths @statsgeekclare.bsky.social · 1d

I was going with yes, you do need foil cutters but this one is also good.

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 1d

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Jane Goodall said she would launch Trump and Musk on one-way trip into space

Primatologist said in interview released after her death she would also put Putin, Xi and Netanyahu on that spaceship In a lifetime studying the behavior of chimpanzees, Jane Goodall became something of an authority on the aggressiveness of alpha male adults. Now, in an interview released just days after her death, the famed primatologist reveals what she would do with Donald Trump, Elon Musk and other human beings she saw as showing similar traits: launch them on a one-way trip into space. The insight into Goodall’s thinking comes in the Netflix documentary Famous Last Words, recorded in March and kept under wraps until her death last week at the age of 91. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Clare Griffiths @statsgeekclare.bsky.social · 1d

Wie schade…

Euronews @euronews.com · 2d

Chancellor Friedrich Merz says that if Israel is excluded from Eurovision 2026, Germany will not take part.

German chancellor threatens to boycott Eurovision if Israel excluded

Chancellor Friedrich Merz says that if Israel is excluded from Eurovision 2026, Germany will not take part.

l.euronews.com

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David Buck @davidjbuck.bsky.social · 9d

ICYMI: From CMO of England (& colleagues inc @statsgeekclare.bsky.social ), #our #health as a nation. Some will reinforce, some will suprise, should make us all think/question. Very much welcome the narrative, alongside the numbers www.gov.uk/government/p...

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Clare Griffiths @statsgeekclare.bsky.social · 9d

John Bibby and his contributions to Radical Statistics;
Why are some people missing from UK surveys?;
Unsettled populations: Service administrative data and people outside the sampling frame;
Unknown knowns: The non-enforcing of gambling legislation in Ireland

www.radstats.org.uk/editorial-is...

Editorial, Issue 137

Radstats’ annual conference took place at Manchester Metroplitan University on the 1st of March 2025, and we thank all of those involved in its organisation, as well as those who presented and part…

www.radstats.org.uk

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Clare Griffiths @statsgeekclare.bsky.social · 12d

Yes, it seems that way…

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Clare Griffiths @statsgeekclare.bsky.social · 12d

MSOAs were created to be a stable geography with roughly similar numbers of people in each. They are a statistical building block geography. In the past wards had been used for that but their boundaries change constantly and they vary wildly in size.

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BBC Radio 6 Music Now Playing Bot (Unofficial) @bbcradio6musicbot.bsky.social · 12d

BBC Radio 6 Music
Lauren Laverne

Now Playing
Inspiral Carpets
Joe

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Clare Griffiths @statsgeekclare.bsky.social · 12d

Good to know there is interest as hopefully this will help us get approval to do it!

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Clare Griffiths @statsgeekclare.bsky.social · 12d

I need to make a start on Taskmaster but am behind on Bake Off!

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Dr Katie Twomey @k2mey.bsky.social · 12d

This is the best present you could ever give an autistic person who likes data and it's interfering with my ability to watch Taskmaster

Clare Griffiths @statsgeekclare.bsky.social · 13d

New CMO report out today on health trends and variation in England. My team delivered this using a RAP developed in R, which made a nice change from lots of people running around putting numbers into excel then pasting into powerpoint... Was not without challenges though! www.gov.uk/government/p...

Health trends and variation in England 2025: a Chief Medical Officer report

An overview of the health of England’s population, including trends over time and geographical variation.

www.gov.uk

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Jean Fisch @jeanfisch.bsky.social · 12d

Warning: this is a dangerous report

You will be drawn into its pack of "aha"moments and, without noticing, it'll be two hours later :-)

Clare Griffiths @statsgeekclare.bsky.social · 13d

New CMO report out today on health trends and variation in England. My team delivered this using a RAP developed in R, which made a nice change from lots of people running around putting numbers into excel then pasting into powerpoint... Was not without challenges though! www.gov.uk/government/p...

Health trends and variation in England 2025: a Chief Medical Officer report

An overview of the health of England’s population, including trends over time and geographical variation.

www.gov.uk

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Clare Griffiths @statsgeekclare.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you!

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Clare Griffiths @statsgeekclare.bsky.social · 12d

Yep, with an annoying little blue notification trying to make me read

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Clare Griffiths @statsgeekclare.bsky.social · 12d

Deprivation is the main measure used, mainly because of availability on the data sets used. There might be something on occupation, I’m trying to remember exactly what’s in there - there’s over 150 slides

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Clare Griffiths @statsgeekclare.bsky.social · 13d

I haven’t done age verification so if you’ve DMed me I can’t see it, hopefully you’ll have another way to reach me instead! 😄

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Clare Griffiths @statsgeekclare.bsky.social · 13d

it's something we hope to present on, and if we get permission it will be recorded. So fingers crossed! I will share if we do of course.

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Clare Griffiths @statsgeekclare.bsky.social · 13d

Thank you! I will pass this on to the team.

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Stuart McDonald @actuarybyday.bsky.social · 13d

An absolute goldmine of health and mortality data 📊

Well done to all involved in this.

Clare Griffiths @statsgeekclare.bsky.social · 13d

New CMO report out today on health trends and variation in England. My team delivered this using a RAP developed in R, which made a nice change from lots of people running around putting numbers into excel then pasting into powerpoint... Was not without challenges though! www.gov.uk/government/p...

Health trends and variation in England 2025: a Chief Medical Officer report

An overview of the health of England’s population, including trends over time and geographical variation.

www.gov.uk

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Clare Griffiths @statsgeekclare.bsky.social · 13d

my kids find me cringe, although they have mostly got over that now

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Clare Griffiths @statsgeekclare.bsky.social · 13d

south east London is the north of the south imo. there are a lot of similarities.

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The Abominable Dr. Vibes @benmckenna.bsky.social · 13d

Great to hear Burnham's been to Mancwalk 2000.

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