3 billion and counting

31 Mar 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: , ,

Survival for the ten most common cancers in females

31 Mar 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in health economics Tags:

Age-Standardised One-, Five- and Ten-Year Survival for the 10 Most Common Cancers in Females, England and Wales, 2010-2011

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via Cancer survival for common cancers : Cancer Research UK.

Air quality has improved in the countries that use the most fossil fuels

27 Mar 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in energy economics, environmental economics Tags: , ,

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​Source: U.S. EPA National Emissions Inventory Air Pollutant Emissions Trends Data

via via 9 Graphs That Prove Using Fossil Fuels Hasn’t Harmed The Planet | The Daily Caller.

Survival for the ten most common cancers in males

27 Mar 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in health economics Tags:

Age-Standardised One-, Five- and Ten-Year Survival for the 10 Most Common Cancers in Males, England and Wales, 2010-2011

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via Cancer survival for common cancers : Cancer Research UK.

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

by Jim Rose in health economics Tags: ,

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via Cancer survival for common cancers : Cancer Research UK.

Causes of child mortality around the globe

26 Mar 2015 Leave a comment

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Age-Standardised One-, Five- and Ten-Year Net Survival, Selected Cancers, Adults (Aged 15-99), England and Wales, 2010-2011

25 Mar 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in health economics Tags: ,

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via Cancer survival for common cancers : Cancer Research UK.

The Great Escape – deaths from natural catastrophes version

25 Mar 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in health economics, population economics, technological progress Tags: ,

Age-Standardised One-, Five- and Ten-Year Survival for the 10 Most Common Cancers in Females, England and Wales, 2010-2011

24 Mar 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in health economics Tags: ,

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via Cancer survival for common cancers : Cancer Research UK.

Life expectancy vis-a-vis the old age pension eligibility age has changed big time

23 Mar 2015 Leave a comment

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Trends in cancer survival for common cancers

23 Mar 2015 Leave a comment

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HT: http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/cancerstats/survival/common-cancers/#Trends

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Male? Want to Live to 100? Head Down Under – Bloomberg Business

22 Mar 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in health economics, politics - Australia Tags: , ,

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-13/male-want-to-live-to-100-head-down-under

Club of Rome predictions – air pollution version

21 Mar 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in health economics, technological progress Tags: ,

Antibiotics made the Ceasarean section, one of the single most life-saving procedures on the planet, possible

19 Mar 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in health economics Tags: , ,

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With the discovery of bacteria-fighting antibiotics, such as penicillin in 1928, the maternal mortality rate dropped as drugs made childbirth and cesarean sections much safer.

via 7 scary facts about antibiotic-resistant superbugs – Vox.

Incredible Decrease in Child Mortality Worldwide in Last 50 Years

18 Mar 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics, liberalism Tags: , ,

via Thinking on the Margin: Incredible Decrease in Child Mortality Worldwide in Last 50 Years.

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