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by spacehome 4491 days ago
It looks like the average across the whole population in the U.S. is 8 in 1000 people will die each year [1].

[1] http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.CDRT.IN

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Maybe the actual stat is that one in those eight people dies due to being uninsured?
I bet a huge percentage of people dying are over 65 and have Medicare. You need numbers for those outside of that safety net to compare.