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Here's some figures, the UK stats, nothing like the US ones (graph is half way down): https://stateofchildhealth.rcpch.ac.uk/evidence/mental-health/suicide/ ht

• thom 4y ago
  Self harm figures are claiming though, especially for girls. Notably, more than half of US suicides (even in adolescents) are by firearms: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2797204 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle...
  • Jensson 4y ago
    But why would US suicides be climbing? It isn't like firearms are more accessible today in USA than they used to be.
    • thom 4y ago
      I’m just commenting on the relative trends in the US and UK. I suspect the trend of ‘unhappiness’ is probably similar, but suicide is slightly less of a signifier in the UK compared to self harm.
• Aeolun 4y ago
  Note that referrals to the suicide hotline are escalating enormously though. This might just be a working health care system at work.