MicroWaveMar 28, 2024

4 dead, 7 injured in stabbing rampage in Illinois residential area, authorities say

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4 dead, 7 injured in stabbing rampage in Illinois residential area, authorities say - Lemmy.World

Four people were found dead and seven others were injured in a stabbing rampage across multiple areas in Rockford, Illinois, on Wednesday afternoon, police say, and a suspect is in custody. A 15-year-old girl, a 63-year-old woman, a 49-year-old man, and a 22-year-old man were killed in the incident and five others who were injured were transported to local hospitals with “serious injuries,” the Rockford Police Department said in a news release Wednesday evening. Five people were injured in the city of Rockford and two people were injured in the jurisdiction of Winnebago County, Rockford police spokesperson Michelle Marcomb told CNN.

Show threadmycathas9livesMar 28, 2024
This is why I stay home
Show threadcatloafMar 28, 2024

Statistically, you are more likely to die at home than anywhere else.

gh.bmj.com/content/6/9/e006766

Who dies where? Estimating the percentage of deaths that occur at home

Introduction The majority of low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) have incomplete death registration systems and so the proportion of deaths that occur at home (ie, home death percentage) is generally unknown. However, home death percentage is important to estimate population-level causes of death from integration of data of deaths at home (verbal autopsies) and in hospitals (medical certification), and to monitor completeness of death notification and verbal autopsy data collection systems. This study proposes a method to estimate home death percentage using data readily available at the national and subnational level. Methods Data on place of death from 152 country-years in 49 countries from 2005 to 2019, predominantly from vital registration systems, were used to model home death percentage standardised for population age and cause distribution. A national-level model was developed using Bayesian model averaging to estimate national, regional and global home death percentage. A subnational-level model was also developed and assessed in populations where alternative data on home death percentage were available. Results Globally, it is estimated that 53.4% (95% uncertainty interval (UI) 50.8%–55.9%) of deaths occur at home, slightly higher (59.7%, 95% UI 56.5%–62.7%) in LMICs, substantially higher in low-income countries (79.5%, 95% UI 77.3%–81.5%) and much lower (27.3%, 95% UI 25.2%–29.6%) in high-income countries. Countries with the highest home death percentage are mostly found in South, East and Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa (above 90% in Ethiopia, Chad and South Sudan). As expected, the national model has smaller error than the subnational model. Conclusion The study demonstrates substantial diversity in the location of deaths in LMICs and fills a significant gap in knowledge about where people die, given its importance for health systems and policies. The high proportion of deaths in LMICs that occur at home reinforces the need for routine verbal autopsy to determine the causes of death. Data are available in a public, open access repository. Data used in the study are located here: <https://figshare.com/s/e18acdff54a23858181f> Code used to generate the findings are located here: <https://figshare.com/s/8cf7a6ebb84c3af4bc33>

BMJ Global Health
Show threadbenderfend
Well yeah, cause that’s where most people spend the majority of their time lol.
Mar 28, 2024 at 5:47pmWeb
Show threadcatloafMar 28, 2024

That’s what I thought at first, but that number is actually global. For developed countries, it’s only like 21%, and the most common location is the hospital. Conclusion: developed countries have better access to medical services so you go to the hospital for critical care, while in less developed countries you just go home and die.

What causes the death, and where that happens, is another question.

It’s (probably) still true that you’re most likely to get in a car accident near your home, but that is because that’s where you do most of your driving.