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Whew! Made it past another January
By: Tryp_OR Date: February 20, 2024, 5:14 pm
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In the US, January is the deadliest month.
HTML https://wapo.st/4bIZBuL
(But February is pretty bad, too.)
Overall, 20% more deaths occur in January compared to August,
which to me is an amazingly strong effect. The trend gets
stronger and stronger the older you get and it is believed that
the stress of cold weather is the primary contributor.
Strangely, the effect is strong in Florida, too. The "hanging on
until the holidays are over" phenomenon might play a role --
that's a bit hard to get good data on. (In Australia, July is
the worst.)
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Re: Whew! Made it past another January
By: kkt Date: February 20, 2024, 5:51 pm
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Hmm. Mom, April. Dad, October. Mom's mom, May I think?.
Mom's dad, fall.
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Re: Whew! Made it past another January
By: MidwestmikkiJ Date: February 20, 2024, 6:27 pm
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My Mom and at least two of her siblings were January. I know at
least one of my Dad's was dead of winter cause it was so cold
they canceled the graveside part of the service.
I don't recall any of the other aunts and uncles, only the more
recent ones.
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Re: Whew! Made it past another January
By: Thetis099 Date: February 20, 2024, 7:12 pm
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My maternal grandmother died in November, maternal grandfather
in January, paternal grandfather (my grandad that I have written
so much about) in July, and my paternal grandma in May. Della,
my grand aunt and grandad's adoptive mother, died in May. I
guess my closer family offered mixed results, but a few other
elderly friends and family have died in the winter months in my
experience.
I thought of this too, although it is a darker subject. Deaths
by suicide do not follow this pattern. Those deaths peak in
spring, which I can support because both of my psychiatric
hospitalizations for suicidal issues occurred in May, two years
apart.
HTML https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/articles/2019/05/suicide-rates-spike-in-spring-not-winter#:~:text=He%20knows%20that%2C%20contrary%20to,suicide%20rates%20are%20the%20lowest.
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Re: Whew! Made it past another January
By: acl-ny Date: February 20, 2024, 9:49 pm
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My (very) elderly uncle died this past January. A combo of
pneumonia and covid. Which makes me wonder if a lot of January
deaths, especially with the elderly, could be pneumonia-related.
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Re: Whew! Made it past another January
By: Tryp_OR Date: February 22, 2024, 4:54 pm
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[quote author=acl-ny link=topic=2558.msg237249#msg237249
date=1708487375]
My (very) elderly uncle died this past January. A combo of
pneumonia and covid. Which makes me wonder if a lot of January
deaths, especially with the elderly, could be pneumonia-related.
[/quote]
I think I saw in the article that flu and pneumonia do
contribute significantly.
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Re: Whew! Made it past another January
By: muskrat Date: February 23, 2024, 8:03 am
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OT
I realize this isn't the point of this thread, but just want to
echo the title: "Whew! Made it past another January (and almost
Feb, too)!" I struggle every winter (no matter how mild) and am
thankful whenever I finally make it to March.
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Re: Whew! Made it past another January
By: animaniactoo Date: February 23, 2024, 9:53 am
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[quote author=muskrat link=topic=2558.msg237673#msg237673
date=1708697032]
OT
I realize this isn't the point of this thread, but just want to
echo the title: "Whew! Made it past another January (and almost
Feb, too)!" I struggle every winter (no matter how mild) and am
thankful whenever I finally make it to March.
[/quote]
Just a few more weeks, Sis. You got this!
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Re: Whew! Made it past another January
By: kkt Date: February 23, 2024, 7:55 pm
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Spring is coming! It's almost 6 PM and it's not dark yet!
And there's a huge yellow full moon rising.
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Re: Whew! Made it past another January
By: acl-ny Date: February 23, 2024, 8:23 pm
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[quote author=kkt link=topic=2558.msg237872#msg237872
date=1708739722]
Spring is coming! It's almost 6 PM and it's not dark yet!
And there's a huge yellow full moon rising.
[/quote]
We had a gorgeous red sunset this evening.
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