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I don't have time to follow the links and dig into the data quality but a recent SSC post[0] claims "Blacks and Hispanics have only about half the suicide rate
by joshuahedlund 8y ago
I don't have time to follow the links and dig into the data quality but a recent SSC post[0] claims "Blacks and Hispanics have only about half the suicide rate of whites", which seems pretty strong to be accounted for by average age differences.
[0]http://slatestarcodex.com/2018/05/31/in-search-of-missing-us-suicides/ http://slatestarcodex.com/2018/05/31/in-search-of-missing-us...
- acover 8y agoYeah, I think I'm completely wrong. It's middle aged white men who have the highest likelihood. Those 64-75 have a lower rate. [0] [0] - https://afsp.org/about-suicide/suicide-statistics/ https://afsp.org/about-suicide/suicide-statistics/
- sp332 8y agoAccording to https://afsp.org/about-suicide/suicide-statistics/ https://afsp.org/about-suicide/suicide-statistics/ younger Hispanic people are much more likely than young white people.