A disturbing form of inequality. What proportion of a country's alcohol is drunk by the 20% heaviest drinkers? pic.twitter.com/iP9bNZxktU
— Paul Kirby (@paul1kirby) December 15, 2015
What proportion of a country’s alcohol is drunk by the 20% heaviest drinkers?
08 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in health economics Tags: addiction, alcoholism
Behind on my bashing of homeopathy
07 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of information, economics of media and culture, health economics Tags: quackery
Beware the dangers of dioxygen
07 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in health economics Tags: antiscience left
@NZGreens are anti-science through and through
06 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, health economics, politics - New Zealand
The commitment of the Greens to credible science is dropped like a stone when they discuss fluoridation.
The Greens are no less cranky when it comes to GMOs.
The Greens sacrifice what little scientific credibility they have left by not having a position on vaccinations and vaccine safety. I could not find any reference to it in their policy documents online.
https://twitter.com/KevinHague/status/642505850360213505
The Green Party health spokesman Kevin Hague has stated the Greens support of parents’ rights to choose which vaccine(s) (if any) their children receive without financial penalties.
Should swimming be banned?
04 Jan 2016 2 Comments
in economics of regulation, health and safety, health economics, labour economics
Many more drown in New Zealand than die at work. There is heavy regulation of workplace risks. The same cannot be said for people to jump into beaches, rivers and streams. Many more go to work each day as compared to going swimming.
Source: Annual Statistics » DrownBase and Workplace fatalities by industry | Worksafe.
Voluntary assumption of risk cuts no ice with those that champion stronger occupational health and safety regulation. The approach to water safety is near laissez-faire both in terms of the rules and enforcement and certainly in terms of success in reducing drownings. The large variations in annual drownings suggest that human behaviour has a lot to do with drownings.
The Great Escape in the risks of childbirth
02 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth miracles, health economics Tags: infant mortality, The Great Escape
DHMO is a dangerous acid
01 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of information, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, health economics Tags: DHMO
An anti-prohibition rally with attitude
01 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, health economics Tags: alcohol regulation, marijuana decriminalisation, medical marijuana decriminalisation, prohibition
Male cosmetic procedures
28 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, health economics Tags: cosmetic surgery
The Great Escape in infant mortality
28 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: The Great Escape
Polio in Africa
23 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: Africa, anti-vaccination movement, polio, The Great Escape, vaccinations, vaccines
The battle against Polio in Africa http://t.co/LYB2nGZlAB—
Amazing Maps™ (@amazingmap) June 30, 2015
Teen smoking rates in one and two parent households in USA, UK, Canada, Germany, France, Italy and Scandinavia
23 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in health economics Tags: economics of smoking, single mothers, single parents
Not only do smoking rates differ greatly across the Atlantic and the English Channel, the influence of a single parent household seems to be large in the Anglo-Saxon countries but much less important elsewhere.
Source: OECD Family Database.
How Ebola compares to other infectious diseases
22 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in health economics Tags: Ebola, infectious diseases
Teenage smoking rates by family affluence in the USA, Germany, France, Canada and UK
22 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in health economics, politics - USA Tags: economics of smoking
Not only are there large differences in teen smoking rates by family affluence in North America, there are large differences in teen smoking rates between across the Atlantic and the English Channel.
Source: OECD Family Database – OECD.
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