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I can't decide if celebrity suicides are just more frequently reported these days or suicides overall have actually increased because we live in, what we collec
by 101km 8y ago
I can't decide if celebrity suicides are just more frequently reported these days or suicides overall have actually increased because we live in, what we collectively perceive as, darker times.
I suspect it is the latter, but I don't have the heart to google it.
Every Robin Williams, Chris Cornell, Anthony Bourdain no doubt causes a bit of a ripple of none famous suicides and thus this news is doubly sad.
- spooneybarger 8y agoThe sucide rate in the United States has increased over the last 20 years according to the Centers for Disease Control: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/suicide-rates-are-30-percent-1999-cdc-says-n880926 https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/suicide-rates-are...
- overcast 8y agoWhat I find interesting is that Nevada actually decreased, a place where you can literally lose it all. All of those Midwest states, where quality of life is generally considered the highest and happiest, have the highest increases.
- jetti 8y agoI would imagine that most people losing it all in Nevada don't actually live there though.
- grasshopperpurp 8y agoNevada already had a very high suicide rate. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/suicide-mortality/suicide.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/suicide-mortality/...
- pilsetnieks 8y agoThere are also more celebrities these days.