Thread by @BenMarten

I've been analyzing US state #mortality data!

Tonight, let's start with comparing #SouthDakota and #NorthDakota!

#SD had 18% #excess #deaths, while #ND had a whopping 31%

As we know SD has the weakest Government #Stringency, while ND has stronger measures!

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North Dakota had 31% vs the previous 3y average age-adjusted mortality.

@MLevitt_NP2013 @justin_hart @FatEmperor @AlexBerenson @EthicalSkeptic @tlowdon @Zigmanfreud @ianmSC @yinonw

Let's look at SD on a monthly basis. Note the shaded pink area is the Government Stringency. SD at the end of 2020 had the lowest stringency, but also significant excess deaths.

However, we can see the same happening in North Dakota.

The excess deaths are even more, while the government stringency is higher. However it is not very high as for example compared to Hawaii, which has around 9% excess and ~75% stringency. (more later...)

Stay tuned for more to come in the next days, including correlation analysis on govt. stringency and excess deaths!

I also plan on publishing the source for all this to Github and google sheets soon.

All Data is from CDC, corrected for lag.

Age-adjusted mortality is calculated using 0_24, 25_44, 45_64, 65_74, 75_84, 85+ age brackets.
Using 2020 state population estimates.
Please let me know if you have any questions :)

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