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Not leading cause of suicide; leading cause of death. He's saying if this thing killed those two men, that's 1/320, which is (wayyy) more than poison (top 1 cur
by nothrabannosir 10y ago
Not leading cause of suicide; leading cause of death. He's saying if this thing killed those two men, that's 1/320, which is (wayyy) more than poison (top 1 currently for 25-34, ~1/10000). You'd need to adjust for how many women actually take the pill; after a cursory glance a conservative estimate seems to be 10%, but please don't quote me on that.
http://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/usa-cause-of-death-by-age-and-gender http://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/usa-cause-of-death-by-age...
- cjbprime 10y agoI think my comment still applies. It's not reasonable to imagine that women would be subject to a male death/suicide rate by taking this drug. Gender has a larger effect on those rates than the drug likely does.
- Nexxxeh 10y agoCan you reasonably separate them out when it's a drug that's specific to the gender? I understand the point you're making, but your parent poster's reasoning sounds eminently reasonable to me. The thing for men only to address a male problem exacerbates men's tendency to kill themselves? "Yeah, but men kill themselves more often anyway" seems like the less reasonable argument. I might be looking from a more... Emotionally involved perspective?