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NY has one of the lowest suicide rates in the country (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/suicide-mortality/suicide.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroo
by m_ke 4y ago
NY has one of the lowest suicide rates in the country (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/suicide-mortality/suicide.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/suicide-mortality/... / https://khn.org/news/among-u-s-states-new-yorks-suicide-rate-is-the-lowest-hows-that/ https://khn.org/news/among-u-s-states-new-yorks-suicide-rate...), is on the lower side for homicides (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/homicide_mortality/homicide.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/homicide_mortality...) (5.5 for NYC).
Same goes for drug overdose rates (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/drug_poisoning_mortality/drug_poisoning.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/drug_poisoning_mor...), for which the state wide rate is skewed by more rural northern parts.
I spent a large part of my time in the more dangerous areas of NY (Jamaica, Bushwick in early 2000s, Harlem) and never felt really unsafe.
- busterarm 4y agoI didn't say that NYC is unsafe. Most of NYC is rich neighborhoods, comparatively. I was specifically referring to those described dense mixed-income neighborhoods where every classes's tragedies end up being spread equally. If you have means ans you raise your children in one of these environments, you're stupid.