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'Nearly two-thirds of gun deaths are suicides' and '85% of suicides are male' but does it mean to purport that 85% of "gun suicides" are male or not? The visual
by gt_ 9y ago
'Nearly two-thirds of gun deaths are suicides' and '85% of suicides are male' but does it mean to purport that 85% of "gun suicides" are male or not? The visualization represents this but the statistics given don't specify. It's misleading and I am curious. It's hard for me to believe that 85% of all suicides are male but it is easy for me to believe that 85% of all gun suicides are male.
- pjc50 9y agoI think it's missing a "those". By the way, we could probably do with a content warning somewhere for this subject. https://afsp.org/about-suicide/suicide-statistics/ https://afsp.org/about-suicide/suicide-statistics/ "Females attempt suicide twice as often as males. As with suicide deaths, rates of attempted suicide vary considerably among demographic groups. While males are 4 times more likely than females to die by suicide, females attempt suicide 3 times as often as males. The ratio of suicide attempts to suicide death in youth is estimated to be about 25:1, compared to about 4:1 in the elderly"
- jupiter90000 9y agoSuicide rate by any method for males in US at least is 4 times higher than that of females. So maybe more around 80% of suicides in US are male but still quite a disparity. https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/suicide/index.shtml https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/suicide/index.sht...