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Suicide accounts for just north of 800k human deaths each year. Definitely more than mosquitos. The source is a "worlds deadliest [to humans] animals" infograp

• bigDinosaur 4y ago
  It's not really clear-cut that it's relevant here, since we're talking about deaths which require at least two organisms (here, a mosquito and a human). The analogy would extend to deaths between humans where at least two are required which I think is a neater category to reason about when we think 'threat'. Suicide isn't the same kind of threat the same way another human is. You don't walk down the street ever fearing suicide will be imposed upon you, whereas you may well walk down the street fearing mosquito bites and other people.
  • mc32 4y ago
    It's pretty clear if we ask, what is the proximate cause for most deaths of people. It's the self.
    • modo_mario 4y ago
      Well someone else mentioned a higher yearly number for car accidents.