What gets our attention are mostly causes that we feel we have power over and that look spectacular.
this post was submitted on 18 Feb 2026
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And now let's see how much outside of the "homicide" and "terrorism" on the right bar are celebrities!
1% homicide is still 3.4 million people.
Natural causes will never be news, except when a major medical breakthrough occurs. It's simply not interesting to the population.
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It's weird how the NYT laments preventable deaths.
Ah yes, cardiovascular disease, which famously has no major risk factors. /s
That's not why they cover this stuff, they're not activists.
Where's the rest of the infographic?
Yesterday I witnessed a motorcycle rear end an SUV in person. I hope the guy did not die but it looked pretty bad when it randomly happened.
I've had various family members die from all of the most common things in the top 2/3 of the causes of death. It sucks. But I wouldn't want there to be a story about it in the NY Times about it... because why would they do that?
They're journalists not doctors, treating heart disease and cancer isn't their jobs and it's not all that interesting to write about.
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What about shootings? I don't believe that shootings doesn't make this chart for a second.
Guns deaths account for about 1.6% of deaths in 2023.
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