4 ms·

Suicide is not such a rare cause of death. In the U.S., suicide is the second most common form of death among young people, after accidents: > According to the

Suicide is not such a rare cause of death. In the U.S., suicide is the second most common form of death among young people, after accidents: > According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) WISQARS Leading Causes of Death Reports, in 2017: > Suicide was the tenth leading cause of death overall in the United States, claiming the lives of over 47,000 people. > Suicide was the second leading cause of death among individuals between the ages of 10 and 34, and the fourth leading cause of death among individuals between the ages of 35 and 54. > There were more than twice as many suicides (47,173) in the United States as there were homicides (19,510). Source: https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/suicide.shtml https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/suicide.shtml (see Table 1 for the statistics)

boomboomsubban 6y ago
>Suicide is not such a rare cause of death. In the U.S., suicide is the second most common form of death among young people, after accidents Death itself is rare for young people. Nothing you've said changes that suicide accounts for about .01% of deaths. It gets discussed far more than other causes as it's preventable, but it's still rare enough that statistics can be misleading.
- boomboomsubban 6y ago
  Note, I realized I did my math based off the deaths per 100000 number, meaning it's .01% of people commit suicide each year not .01% of deaths. It's still low enough to make statistics misleading, but I called it the wrong thing.
dntbnmpls 6y ago
> Suicide is not such a rare cause of death. Yes it is. There are about 3 million deaths in the US every year. Suicides account for 1 to 2% of all deaths. Meaning suicides are a very rare cause of death. > Suicide was the tenth leading cause of death overall in the United States, claiming the lives of over 47,000 people. Tenth? And I'm guessing there is a significant drop after the first few causes of deaths. Right? > There were more than twice as many suicides (47,173) in the United States as there were homicides (19,510). This doesn't imply that suicides is a prevalent cause of death. It implies that homicides are even a rarer cause of death.

boomboomsubban 6y ago

>Suicide is not such a rare cause of death. In the U.S., suicide is the second most common form of death among young people, after accidents Death itself is rare for young people. Nothing you've said changes that suicide accounts for about .01% of deaths. It gets discussed far more than other causes as it's preventable, but it's still rare enough that statistics can be misleading.

boomboomsubban 6y ago
Note, I realized I did my math based off the deaths per 100000 number, meaning it's .01% of people commit suicide each year not .01% of deaths. It's still low enough to make statistics misleading, but I called it the wrong thing.

dntbnmpls 6y ago

> Suicide is not such a rare cause of death. Yes it is. There are about 3 million deaths in the US every year. Suicides account for 1 to 2% of all deaths. Meaning suicides are a very rare cause of death. > Suicide was the tenth leading cause of death overall in the United States, claiming the lives of over 47,000 people. Tenth? And I'm guessing there is a significant drop after the first few causes of deaths. Right? > There were more than twice as many suicides (47,173) in the United States as there were homicides (19,510). This doesn't imply that suicides is a prevalent cause of death. It implies that homicides are even a rarer cause of death.