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I think they kept those factors separate. From the abstract: > Although there was a negative correlation between county altitude and all-cause mortality (r =

by frud 3y ago

I think they kept those factors separate. From the abstract: > Although there was a negative correlation between county altitude and all-cause mortality (r = −0.31, p < 0.001), there was a strong positive correlation between altitude and suicide rate (r = 0.50, p < 0.001).

marcosdumay 3y ago
That's not the GP's question. In fact, that reinforces the question. To paraphrase the question: since total mortality must be exactly 100%, is the increase in suicides just an automatic and meaningless numeric compensation for the decrease in all-(health related)-cause mortality? The answer to that is somewhere within their methodology on controlling for age. But I was unable to grasp the jargon on this one.