Are you more likely to die on your birthday?
I love this kind of article: It tells an interesting story and teaches you about statistics along the way. It starts with a simple question («Is it really true that people are more likely to die on their birthday?») and gets to an increasingly more reliable answer through a series of «Yes, but…».
From Weekly Filet #530, in May 2025.
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