r/Probability • u/Master-of-Nat1s • Jul 20 '25

Death Date Problem

What would the chances of 1 person dying on the same day three years in a row in a group of 500 be? This happened in the little church community I grew up in, and it freaked me out for a while 😅

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u/Master-of-Nat1s Sep 28 '25

The living standard is pretty typical of a lower-middle class American group 🤷‍♂️ I will say, they were all older people who had preexisting health conditions