bdschobel on FT has posted about having an actuarial background. Perhaps you can ask him to post here about this.
Originally Posted by
stimpy
Hmm with young adults dying in states where marijuana is legal, could that drug be a factor in their deaths? Heavy users I mean. Just a thought.
Confounding factor perhaps. Either way, I would have to assume that smog in say Delhi, India, or other very heavily (air) polluted parts of the world is probably no great favor.