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If it makes you feel better, it's only the 10th leading cause of death because we've been extraordinarily successful in combating other illnesses like influenza
by wilsonnb2 8y ago
If it makes you feel better, it's only the 10th leading cause of death because we've been extraordinarily successful in combating other illnesses like influenza, gastrointestinal disease, pneumonia, and tuberculosis.
- lostlogin 8y agoSuicide rates have been going in the other direction in many places. Also masked in the stats is the actual rate. Straight road and car off the edge, overdose and various more lingering causes (substance abuse causing liver failure, heart attack etc). Those aren’t necessarily classified as suicide, but they can sure seem like it to those left.
- aaavl2821 8y agoActually, suicide was the number 10 cause of death as far back as 1980 and deaths from suicide have increased 64% since then compared to 42% increase in US population. Deaths from pneumonia and influenza have been roughly flat on absolute value basis though decreased in death rate given the increase in population Source is in a chart in this blog post I wrote, source data from CDC: https://newbio.tech/blog/vc_basics_1.html https://newbio.tech/blog/vc_basics_1.html