{"id":18707,"date":"2013-03-13T22:32:23","date_gmt":"2013-03-13T22:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/?p=18707"},"modified":"2013-03-13T22:32:23","modified_gmt":"2013-03-13T22:32:23","slug":"day-72-20th-century-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/2013\/03\/13\/day-72-20th-century-deaths\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 72: 20th Century Deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today has been a usual day of work, where very little happened overall, followed by a staff meeting and then home to work on more maths assessments. Year 2 was the focus of tonight. It is roughly 80% complete now and I expect to be able to complete it tomorrow. Still have Years 3 to 6 to do after this and know they are going to take up much of my time as they are needed for Monday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, this infographic attempts to sum up all the main causes of deaths in the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"20th century\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/20th_century\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">20th Century<\/a>. It makes for some interesting reading I feel.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18708\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18708\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/iib_death_wellcome_collection_fullsize.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18708\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/iib_death_wellcome_collection_fullsize\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/iib_death_wellcome_collection_fullsize.png?fit=4722%2C1846&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"4722,1846\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20th Century Deaths\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;20th Century Deaths (click for full size)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/iib_death_wellcome_collection_fullsize.png?fit=1024%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18708\" alt=\"20th Century Deaths (click for full size)\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/iib_death_wellcome_collection_fullsize-300x117.png?resize=300%2C117\" width=\"300\" height=\"117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/iib_death_wellcome_collection_fullsize.png?resize=300%2C117&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/iib_death_wellcome_collection_fullsize.png?resize=1024%2C400&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/iib_death_wellcome_collection_fullsize.png?w=2330&amp;ssl=1 2330w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/iib_death_wellcome_collection_fullsize.png?w=3495&amp;ssl=1 3495w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18708\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">20th Century <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Death\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Death\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Deaths<\/a> (click for full size)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Some interesting things to note:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>117 million people were murdered<\/li>\n<li>530 million people died from cancer<\/li>\n<li>101 million people died through famine<\/li>\n<li>1680 million people died from some kind of <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Infectious disease\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Infectious_disease\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">infectious disease<\/a> (this can be broken down as 400 million from smallpox, 485 million people from a respiratory disease and 194 million from malaria among others)<\/li>\n<li>298 million people died by accident (100000 people died in <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Aviation accidents and incidents\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aviation_accidents_and_incidents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">air crashes<\/a>, 60 million people died via a road accident and 31 million people died in fires, for instance)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I find it hard to imagine that the same number of people who live in the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"United Kingdom\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Kingdom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">UK<\/a> now died in <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Traffic collision\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Traffic_collision\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">road accidents<\/a> in the last century, but that&#8217;s what the data says. 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