Ash Wednesday 2023: More on Years of Life Lost

In which I discuss the mortality measure years of life lost (YLL), aspects of this measure, what it is used for, and why I don’t like it. That said, I will be using YLL in addition to my preferred measures — crude death rate and age-adjusted death rate — in upcoming mortality posts.STUMP - Meep on public finance, pensions, mortality and more is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Episode LinksYears of Life Lost: An Exploration, U.S., 2018-2022 (Provisional)Martin Chuzzlewit, Chapter 11`Ecod, you may say what you like of my father, then, and so I give you leave,' said Jonas. `I think it's liquid aggravation that circulates through his veins, and not regular blood. How old should you think my father was, cousin?'`Old, no doubt,' replied Miss Charity; `but a fine old gentleman.'`A fine old gentleman!' repeated Jonas, giving the crown of his hat an angry knock. `Ah! It's time he was thinking of being drawn out a little finer too. Why, he's eighty!'`Is he, indeed?' said the young lady.`And ecod,' cried Jonas, `now he's gone so far without giving in, I don't see much to prevent his being ninety; no, nor even a hundred. Why, a man with any feeling ought to be ashamed of being eighty, let alone more. Where's his religion, I should like to know, when he goes flying in the face of the Bible like that? Three-score-and-ten's the mark, and no man with a conscience, and a proper sense of what's expected of him, has any business to live longer.'Wikipedia: Years of potential life lostThe Carter Center: Guinea Worm Disease Reaches All-Time Low: Only 13* Human Cases Reported in 2022Memento MoriMay 2021: Mortality Nuggets: Global Excess Deaths, Memento Mori, and Mortality News Round-upEvery Day is a GiftAmazon link: https://amzn.to/3SleBpzSTUMP - Meep on public finance, pensions, mortality and more is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to STUMP - Meep on public finance, pensions, mortality and more at marypatcampbell.substack.com/subscribe