
The Great Escape
25 Jun 2025 Leave a comment
in economic history, health economics Tags: cancer survival rates, The Great Escape
Racial Disparities in Mortality by Sex, Age, and Cause of Death
25 Jun 2025 Leave a comment
in discrimination, econometerics, health economics, politics - USA Tags: cancer survival rates, life expectancies, racial discrimination
Racial differences in mortality are large, persistent and likely caused, at least in part, by racism. While the causal pathways linking racism to mortality are conceptually well defined, empirical evidence to support causal claims related to its effect on health is incomplete. In this study, we provide a unique set of facts about racial disparities […]
Racial Disparities in Mortality by Sex, Age, and Cause of Death
US age-adjusted Death Rates, 1950-2014
04 Aug 2016 Leave a comment
in economic history, health economics Tags: cancer survival rates, life expectancies, The Great Escape
Source: Jason Furman speaking at the World Bank via Incentives in Action – Marginal REVOLUTION.
Cancer survival rates in the UK
20 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, health economics Tags: British economy, British history, cancer survival rates, life expectancies, National Health Service, The Great Escape
https://twitter.com/ONS/status/621975325405282304/photo/1
Breast cancer mortality has fallen substantially ow.ly/PJmzJ http://t.co/85eMjk6chD—
(@ONS) July 17, 2015
Colorectal cancer has increased more among males than females ow.ly/PJm19 http://t.co/lxbSYV9CmH—
(@ONS) July 17, 2015
CORRECTION: Lung cancer risen for females and fallen for males ow.ly/PJnjC http://t.co/E78ztvXzCd—
(@ONS) July 17, 2015
Sharp increase in prostate cancer since the 1990s ow.ly/PJlKO http://t.co/mR1L4ojh87—
(@ONS) July 17, 2015
Lung cancer more common among females than males ow.ly/PJlXj http://t.co/IjOfEyejMT—
(@ONS) July 17, 2015
The Great Escape: the conquest of childhood leukaemia
08 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of media and culture, health economics Tags: cancer survival rates, child mortality, cranks, infant mortality leukaemia, modern medicine, natural medicine, The Great Escape
Age-Standardised One-, Five- and Ten-Year Survival for the 10 Most Common Cancers in Males, England and Wales, 2010-2011
26 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in health economics Tags: cancer survival rates, The Great Escape



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