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I found it strange that the article lists gun violence higher than drug abuse or lifestyle choices. Drug overdose deaths are more than 4x higher than gun deaths

by hiatus 2y ago

I found it strange that the article lists gun violence higher than drug abuse or lifestyle choices. Drug overdose deaths are more than 4x higher than gun deaths (excluding suicide).

drcongo 2y ago
Why would you exclude gun deaths by suicide when comparing to drug deaths not excluding suicide?
- hiatus 2y ago
  I couldn't find data on drug deaths classified as suicide, at least not from CDC.
  - drcongo 2y ago
    Ah fair enough. I guess it's probably a lot harder to tell the difference between accidental and deliberate overdose.