Comments by "Primmakin Sofis" (@primmakinsofis614) on "Meningitis outreak declared at Nova Scotia’s Dalhousie University after student death" video.

  1. From 2000 through 2020, of those aged 15-34, a total of 110,227 lives were lost from all causes. Of that total, 85 were due to meningitis. This is according to Statistics Canada's official mortality data.
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  2. According to Statistics Canada's mortality data, from 2000 through 2020, there were a total of 85 lives lost to meningitis who were aged 15-34. That's an average of two per year. During the same time period a total of 110,227 lives were lost to all causes who were aged 15-34. Meningitis thus accounted for 0.077% of the lives lost. In terms of the things someone aged 15-34 should worry about taking their lives, meningitis is far down the list.
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