Carl Schmertmann
@cschmert
Demographer Emeritus Professor of Economics Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida, USA 🇺🇦 🇬🇱 🇹🇼 🇵🇸 Anti-ICE account 8647
Changing later-life mortality in US states, 1944-2022. Notice the large state differences in expected years lived after age 50, and the 2020 COVID hit. #demography #mortality
That's how you write a headline & summary about a con man. Thanks, @npr.org
A wonderful Sam Neill movie that you may not have heard of: "Hunt for the Wilderpeople". Hard to describe, but utterly charming.
A great career, but fitting that in the end we will all remember him as a statue.
Happy Canada Day, from the hundreds of millions of US citizens who respect and admire our neighbor!
The vital transmission of human culture from grandfather to grandson.
I have spent the morning playing pretend vehicles and characters with my almost-three-yr-old grandson. This "proclamation" would fit in seamlessly. Let the Wild Rumpus Start!
Question answered: yes, #Portugal does have an unusual combination of very low cohort #fertility with relatively low childlessness, because parity 1 is unusually common. #demography Code at github.com/schmert/bone...
This looks nice, but there's a major missed opportunity in the "shared concepts" graphic: should be Bob & Carol & *TED* & Alice.
Even if it works, "AI gun detection" and drone surveillance in schools shouldn't be a source of local pride!
The actual "approved, high difficulty" test that the US President has passed *four* times 😲
I just got to Brazil and I already have a new best friend, named TIM. He can't stop texting me. 🙄
It's minor in the context of the overall corruption of this US Admin, but this name-it-after-me stuff should not be legal. Is there a plan to rename all websites and triumphal arches, and to replace all martial banners on govt buildings, after the next election?? www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/y...