# What mortality data shows about the real causes of death

DevFeed: [What mortality data shows about the real causes of death](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/what-really-kills-people-like-you-35346.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://darkcoding.net/society/causes-of-death/>)

Author: Graham King

Published: 2007-04-04T10:09:37Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Graham King](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/graham-king.md>)

Topics: [Data Science](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-science.md>), [Statistics](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/statistics.md>), [Python](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/python.md>), [MySQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mysql.md>), [Django](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/django.md>)

Tags: [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [death](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/death.md>), [django](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/django.md>), [icd-10](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/icd-10.md>), [mysql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mysql.md>), [python](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/python.md>), [society](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/society.md>), [statistics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/statistics.md>)

## AI overview

This commentary examines mortality statistics to compare perceived dangers with recorded causes of death. It describes the Rational Fear database, built from international ICD-10 mortality records, and discusses how risks vary by age, country, and sex, including cancer, heart disease, pneumonia, alcoholism, and suicide.

## Source excerpt

Debunking fear-mongering: What really kills us, according to data.