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by hjnilsson 525 days ago
Is it not more likely the # of deaths are related to obesity for example, where US has 5-7 times as many obese as Japan for example. Which matches the % deaths statistic you have there quite well.

In other words: it's not easy. There are many factors at play.

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I discounted 10x to 2x, or 20% of the effect.