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Some bad/rough maths: 50k / 330M * 70 = 0.01. 50k from 330M per year assuming a 70 year average lifespan would mean 1% of the population dies by suicide. Not
by tmnvix 3y ago
Some bad/rough maths:
50k / 330M * 70 = 0.01.
50k from 330M per year assuming a 70 year average lifespan would mean 1% of the population dies by suicide. Not insignificant.
- NotMichaelBay 3y agoPretty insignificant when we're talking about survivorship bias, though.
- tmnvix 3y agoFair enough. I guess I was prompted to post a reply because of the claim that "the suicide rate is not that high". I had heard the 50k figure in another recent story and found it quite shocking.
- lapcat 3y agoThe point was just that it's not high enough to explain "Why, beyond middle age, people get happier as they get older" or to support the claim "those who are happy enough not to off themselves in one given way or another will scew the statistics".