Comments on: Asian-Americans have one-quarter the traffic death rate of Americans as a whole

By: Goober

Goober — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 20:03:53 +0000

I’d suggest that the highly urbanized nature of life in, say, Japan, simply means that people are using public transit and not driving as much. So of course traffic incidents and deaths per capita ore down.

More interesting is why the reduction in traffic deaths in America. I think this one, we’ll find as well, is a result of driving less miles. But I don’t know how . Maybe they remain more urbanized even once they move here? But I practically guarantee you that it isn’t some social, cultural, or racial difference unless it’s one of those driving them to ride in cars less.

By: Borepatch

Borepatch — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 00:30:02 +0000

Maybe death rate adjusted for miles driven?

By: Bomag

Bomag — Sun, 18 Sep 2022 23:19:30 +0000

“We need a better vocabulary.”

One practical step is to use geographic indicators: Northeast Asians; Southeast Asians; Southwest Asians.

By: Chedolf

Chedolf — Sun, 18 Sep 2022 21:03:28 +0000

“We need a better vocabulary.” There's nothing wrong with using "Oriental" to refer to Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Vietnamese.

By: Gwern

Gwern — Sun, 18 Sep 2022 17:44:55 +0000

They also tend to be more urbanized, and suffer less from pathologies like alcoholism. (Anytime you see something bad where ‘American Indian/Alaska Native’ is high and Asian is all the way on the other hand low, immediately think: “alcoholism?” If you know any Alaskans, they have stories to tell…) I wonder as well about age pyramids.

By: Gavin Longmuir

Gavin Longmuir — Sun, 18 Sep 2022 16:28:08 +0000

We need a better vocabulary. Say “Asian” to an American and we think of people whose ancestry was Japanese or Chinese, maybe Vietnamese. Say “Asian” to a Brit and they assume the people came from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh.

So when we are told that “Asians” are dying at a much lower rate in US traffic accidents, is this because they are super-smart careful Japanese or because they are H1-B Indians who are paid too little to afford cars?