Hacker News with Generative AI: Statistics

In U.S., Inability to Pay for Care, Medicine Hits New High (gallup.com)
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The percentage of U.S. adults who have recently been unable to afford or access quality healthcare has reached 11% -- equivalent to nearly 29 million people -- its highest level since 2021, according to new findings from the West Health-Gallup Healthcare Indices Study, which classifies these individuals as “Cost Desperate.”

Healthcare, United States, Health Economics, Statistics

11 points by car 10 hours ago | 1 comments

Accuracy and Precision (wikipedia.org)
Accuracy and precision are two measures of observational error.

Statistics, Measurement, Error Analysis

11 points by tosh 5 days ago | 0 comments

Collectively, the Tesla fleet has driven more than 3.6B miles on FSD (twitter.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.

Tesla, Self-Driving Cars, Autonomous Vehicles, Technology, Statistics

4 points by lopkeny12ko 6 days ago | 4 comments

The R Inferno (2011) [pdf] (burns-stat.com)

Statistics, Programming, Software, Data Analysis, Books

10 points by Tomte 6 days ago | 0 comments

The Minard System (visionscarto.net)
“The Minard System,” a book to be published in November 2018, features “the complete statistical graphics of Charles-Joseph Minard — from the collection of the École nationale des Ponts et Chaussées”.

Data Visualization, History, Statistics, Books

3 points by danso 7 days ago | 1 comments

% of calories from carbs is a robust predictor of overweight prevalence (twitter.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.

Health, Nutrition, Statistics

6 points by MrBuddyCasino 15 days ago | 4 comments

The Best-Kept Secret of Dutch Biking: The Dutch Hardly Bike at All (2018) (peopleforbikes.org)
The Best-Kept Secret of Dutch Biking: The Dutch Hardly Bike at All

Netherlands, Cycling, Transportation, Culture, Statistics

37 points by Tomte 16 days ago | 10 comments

Body wasn't built to last: a lesson from human mortality rates (2009) (wordpress.com)
What do you think are the odds that you will die during the next year? Try to put a number to it — 1 in 100? 1 in 10,000? Whatever it is, it will be twice as large 8 years from now.

Human Mortality, Statistics, Life Expectancy, Aging

15 points by Tomte 17 days ago | 0 comments

Experts warn about the 'crumbling infrastructure' of federal government data (npr.org)
Unstable funding for federal statistical agencies such as the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis, both based in Suitland, Md., is putting at risk the government statistics the U.S. uses to track changes in the country's economy and population, officials and data users warn.

Government, Data, Economy, Census, Statistics

99 points by xnx 20 days ago | 33 comments

Statistical Formulas for Programmers (2013) (evanmiller.org)
Being able to apply statistics is like having a secret superpower.

Programming, Statistics, Math

240 points by Tomte 22 days ago | 39 comments

60% of adults will be overweight or obese by 2050, study says (japantimes.co.jp)
Nearly 60% of all adults and a third of all children in the world will be overweight or obese by 2050 unless governments take action, a large new study said Tuesday.

Health, Obesity, Public Health, Statistics

4 points by PaulHoule 23 days ago | 1 comments

The inspection paradox is everywhere (2015) (blogspot.com)
The inspection paradox is a common source of confusion, an occasional source of error, and an opportunity for clever experimental design. Most people are unaware of it, but like the cue marks that appear in movies to signal reel changes, once you notice it, you can’t stop seeing it.

Statistics, Mathematics, Cognitive Biases

130 points by ColinWright 30 days ago | 42 comments

Global sales of combustion engine cars have peaked (ourworldindata.org)
Global sales of combustion engine cars have peaked

Automotive Industry, Statistics, Environmental Impact

239 points by myroon5 31 days ago | 341 comments

NYC sees double-digit drops in overall crime, subway crime (ny1.com)
New York City saw a drop in crime last month, with overall crime falling nearly 17% compared to January 2024, according to NYPD statistics released Tuesday.

Crime, Statistics, Public Safety

9 points by geox 31 days ago | 2 comments

Is nearly a quarter of Gen Z queer – or is something else going on? (thehill.com)
According to a new Gallup report, nearly one in four Gen Z Americans identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer. That’s more than just a statistic — it’s a statement, and a troubling one, for reasons that will become clearer.

Gen Z, LGBTQ+, Social Trends, Statistics, Identity

9 points by koolba 35 days ago | 3 comments

Antidepressant use among teen girls and young women has skyrocketed (2024) (apa.org)

Mental Health, Teenagers, Women, Statistics, Health

25 points by GeoAtreides 35 days ago | 29 comments

Trump Administration Keeps Citing an Untrue Stat as It Targets Federal Workers (propublica.org)
As the administration of President Donald Trump throws one government agency after another into the “wood chipper,” a startling statistic about federal workers keeps coming up: Only 6% of federal employees are working full time in their offices.

Politics, Government, Employment, Statistics

15 points by adultSwim 37 days ago | 4 comments

DisplayR: AI-powered Analysis and Reporting in R (displayr.com)
All blog posts about a chart or visualization type specifically, or which contains details on how to work with specific types of visualizations.

Data Visualization, AI, R, Statistics, Reporting

4 points by tetris11 41 days ago | 1 comments

Worried about guns in NYC? Cars were more likely to kill you in 2024 (gothamist.com)

Crime, Statistics, Safety

8 points by johnkpaul 41 days ago | 3 comments

Show HN: Kartoffels – Cellular Automata, Statistics, 32-bit RISC-V (pwy.io)
Today I've released v0.7, which spans 122 commits and brings:

Cellular Automata, Statistics, RISC-V, Open Source

58 points by Patryk27 45 days ago | 3 comments

Basis of the Kalman Filter [pdf] (github.com/tpn)
Understanding the Basis of the Kalman Filter Via a Simple and Intuitive Derivation (2012).pdf

Kalman Filter, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science

239 points by fzliu 50 days ago | 37 comments

% Obesity by Country Ranking (worldobesity.org)
Prevalence of obesity (BMI ≥ 30kg/m²)

Health, Statistics, World Data, Obesity

9 points by melenaboija 51 days ago | 0 comments

Backblaze Drive Stats for 2024 (backblaze.com)
As of December 31, 2024, we had 305,180 drives under management. Of that number, there were 4,060 boot drives and 301,120 data drives. This report will focus on those data drives as we review the Q4 2024 annualized failure rates (AFR), the 2024 failure rates, and the lifetime failure rates for the drive models in service as of the end of 2024.

Hardware, Data Storage, Cloud Storage, Statistics

646 points by TangerineDream 51 days ago | 205 comments

Computing Tricky Probabilities Using Model Counting (msoos.org)
Probabilities of certain events are really hard to estimate sometimes. Often, it’s because we lack information of the underlying causal chains, but sometimes, it’s because the causes are so intertwined that even if we know the underlying probabilities of certain events happening along with the causal chains, it’s still impossible for us to untangle the web.

Probability, Statistics, Model Counting, Causal Inference

19 points by zero_k 53 days ago | 12 comments

Supersizing vehicles offers minimal safety benefits – but substantial dangers (iihs.org)
The safety benefits of larger vehicles top out quickly once curb weights exceed the fleet average, a new IIHS study shows.

Vehicle Safety, Automotive Industry, Research, Statistics

41 points by rntn 55 days ago | 11 comments

Servo in 2024: stats, features and donations (servo.org)
2025-01-31 Summary of Servo’s progress in 2024: some numbers, main highlights and plans for the future.

Software, Web Browsers, Open Source, Statistics

14 points by robin_reala 62 days ago | 0 comments

NYPD records longest no-shooting streak in 30 Years (abc7ny.com)
New York City went five days this week without a person shot -- the longest the NYPD has not recorded a shooting victim in at least 30 years -- but the streak is over.

Crime, Statistics, Police

21 points by timbourcier 62 days ago | 15 comments

Violent Crime Conviction Rate in Denmark by Nation of Origin 2010-2021 (twitter.com)

Crime, Denmark, Statistics, Immigration

4 points by user9999999999 64 days ago | 3 comments

Two Bites of Data Science in K (zdsmith.com)
“no bowler with as many wickets has a better average”.

Data Science, Programming, Statistics

71 points by crux 67 days ago | 10 comments

Major data revisions are coming – should make you trust official statistics more (slowboring.com)
Next month, the jobs report will incorporate its annual benchmark revision, which will meaningfully change some key economic statistics and will solve some nagging puzzles and misconceptions about the labor market.

Economics, Statistics, Labor Market

11 points by therabbithole 72 days ago | 0 comments