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I would have liked to have seen the increase in terms of percent of total population; I was surprised this wasn't shared automatically to provide context. Showi
by cfrog 3y ago
I would have liked to have seen the increase in terms of percent of total population; I was surprised this wasn't shared automatically to provide context. Showing the base numbers as totals or percentage of totals always provides a clearer picture. 2 to 4 percent is a 100% increase, and of interest across large populations, but it's much less dramatic when phrased as an increase from 2 to 4%. Likewise, if population A has a 150% increase and population B only shows 25%, it can look like A is in crisis compared to B. But if Pop A is going from 5% to 7.5% of total and Pop B is going from 18% to 22.5%....the critical issues look a little different. In addition, I was surprised suicide mortaltity rates were not included alongside the admittance for self harm numbers.
- d1sxeyes 3y agoIt’s worth reading some of the other posts on this blog. There a lot of very thoughtful consideration that goes into how the data is looked at for every post, and frank and earnest discussions of how much credence their conclusions merit given the quality of the data.