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> Japan has a much higher rate of suicide. Maybe it was _much_ higher a very long time ago, but it has been on a downwards path for a long time. And the US's o
by glandium 4y ago
> Japan has a much higher rate of suicide.
Maybe it was _much_ higher a very long time ago, but it has been on a downwards path for a long time. And the US's on an upwards path... for so long that it has actually past Japan. So not only is Japan's suicide rate not _much_ higher, but it has been, for a few years, slightly lower.
- rsanek 4y agoSource here: https://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.MHSUICIDEASDR?lang=en https://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.MHSUICIDEASDR?lang=e... 2019, per 100k data (average of both/male/female): US: 14.5 / 22.4 / 6.8 Japan: 12.2 / 17.5 / 6.9