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Something that complicates that statistic is the awful one the article alludes to: Broadly speaking, women attempt suicide, men commit suicide. When you're look
by Moomoomoo309 1y ago
Something that complicates that statistic is the awful one the article alludes to: Broadly speaking, women attempt suicide, men commit suicide. When you're looking at nonfatal suicide, women tend to show up much higher because the men don't get admitted to the hospital, they end up in the morgue.
- lunar-whitey 1y agoMost measures that rely on self-reporting can underrepresent men; completed suicide is just the most drastic example. It’s difficult to think of a reliable measure that doesn’t have this problem.
- mike_hearn 1y agoThe same problem can be seen against a range of statistics e.g. having received a diagnosis of mental health problems from a doctor. Girl's mental health was already worse, and in the last 15 years or so was collapsing at much higher rates.