> 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. Mean

> 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.