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There are nets on bridges and other places in the US, too. Also I don't think the suicide rate of those workers you are referring to is higher than the general

There are nets on bridges and other places in the US, too. Also I don't think the suicide rate of those workers you are referring to is higher than the general population. There are simply lots of workers. For example, Foxconn has more than 1 million employees so it is normal that there would be some level of suicide within such a large population.

consp 2y ago
We have millions of people here, suicide rates are not that high, and no nets. So what is your argument exactly?
- throawayonthe 2y ago
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- weird-eye-issue 2y ago
  Did you actually compare suicide rates to China in general? Something tells me you didn't.
- ben_w 2y ago
  The US? Your suicide rates are higher, and you do have nets[0]. In their worst year, Foxconn had 15 suicides from 930,000 people for a rate of 1.6 per 100k[1]. The US region with the current lowest rate is the District of Columbia, at 6.1 per 100k; the US national average in Foxconn's worst year was about 13 per 100k[2]. Today, the USA national average ranks them #31 highest in the world with a rate of 14.5 per 100k, while China's national average of 6.7 per 100 is close to your best region (DC) and ranks them #122 (higher rank number means lower rate)[3]. Foxconn, in that year, had a workforce about the same size as the total population of South Dakota. South Dakota in that year had a suicide count of 139 [4]. [0] https://www.goldengate.org/district/district-projects/suicide-deterrent-net/ https://www.goldengate.org/district/district-projects/suicid... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn_suicides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn_suicides [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_in_the_United_States#/media/File:Crude_U.S._suicide_rate_1981_2016.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_in_the_United_States#/... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_r... [4] Page 5: https://sprc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/South-Dakota-Suicide-Surveillance-Report-2020.pdf https://sprc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/South-Dakota-Sui...

consp 2y ago

We have millions of people here, suicide rates are not that high, and no nets. So what is your argument exactly?

throawayonthe 2y ago
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weird-eye-issue 2y ago
Did you actually compare suicide rates to China in general? Something tells me you didn't.
ben_w 2y ago
The US? Your suicide rates are higher, and you do have nets[0]. In their worst year, Foxconn had 15 suicides from 930,000 people for a rate of 1.6 per 100k[1]. The US region with the current lowest rate is the District of Columbia, at 6.1 per 100k; the US national average in Foxconn's worst year was about 13 per 100k[2]. Today, the USA national average ranks them #31 highest in the world with a rate of 14.5 per 100k, while China's national average of 6.7 per 100 is close to your best region (DC) and ranks them #122 (higher rank number means lower rate)[3]. Foxconn, in that year, had a workforce about the same size as the total population of South Dakota. South Dakota in that year had a suicide count of 139 [4]. [0] https://www.goldengate.org/district/district-projects/suicide-deterrent-net/ https://www.goldengate.org/district/district-projects/suicid... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn_suicides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn_suicides [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_in_the_United_States#/media/File:Crude_U.S._suicide_rate_1981_2016.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_in_the_United_States#/... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_r... [4] Page 5: https://sprc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/South-Dakota-Suicide-Surveillance-Report-2020.pdf https://sprc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/South-Dakota-Sui...