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Are heatwaves more deadly for women? A deep dive, and urgent call for better global data equity, from Bhramar Mukherjee and team

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Why don't skyscrapers have a 13th floor? What annoys medical statisticians? And what's the best way to measure household inflation?

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In this article with UM Biostatistics Michigan Public Health student Yi-Ting Lin, Cambridge colleagues Ramit Debnath and Ronita Bardhan,we dig into publicly available data to observe higher extreme weather related mortality in women in India. A finding that begs for better data. Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI)

As of 0830 today, 9,978 UK employers legally required to report #GenderPayGap data have done so.

All data from 2017 to 2023 can be found in my spreadsheet here.

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Are heatwaves more deadly for women? A deep dive, and urgent call for better global data equity, from Bhramar Mukherjee and team

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Early career statistician/data professional? Enter the 2024 Significance writing competition. All topics welcome! Surprise us. Closing date: 31 May 2024.

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'Many challenges in life will seem tiny after being involved in a census!' Learn about the work of UN statistician Afsaneh Yazdani

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Great graphics and the great minds behind them - we interview information designer Alberto Cairo

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Just 10 days left for submissions for contributed talks at this September's Royal Statistical Society International Conference in Brighton - don't miss your chance to present your research to our community of statisticians and other data professionals #RSS2024Conf rss.org.uk/training-event…

Great graphics and the great minds behind them - we interview information designer Alberto Cairo

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'Many challenges in life will seem tiny after being involved in a census!' Learn about the work of UN statistician Afsaneh Yazdani

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🌟 Could you inspire the next generation? The RSS William Guy Lectureships 2024/25 is now accepting applications!

This year, we're helping young people to discover the hidden world of statistics and data behind our everyday lives 👀

📅Deadline 1 April!

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The 2024 Significance writing competition is now open to early-career statisticians/data scientists, inc. students! Finalists get to present at the Royal Statistical Society Conference, and the winner published. Closing date: 31 May 2024.

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'In 1698, the Widow Bourne opened an upscale grocery. In 1755, the owners began a loyalty programme. Customers were offered an opportunity to be weighed on a grocer's balance-beam. Their weights were carefully entered into indexed ledgers…' Lovely data from Berry Bros & Rudd!

Did you know that, in the 18th century, Berry Bros. & Rudd used to weigh customers - and the stats triggered international media concern about the state of the British nobility?

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American football fans! Take a dive into the stats behind the red challenge flag

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