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I saw a news article about suicides among 50-something men in the US going up by 50%. I'm curious, is this statistically significant? I'm having trouble f

• pgrote 12y ago
  I, too, was hoping for a reference in the post. Checking google news shows no recent news reports. I did find this: http://journalistsresource.org/studies/society/public-health/suicides-during-great-recession-united-states-canada-europe# http://journalistsresource.org/studies/society/public-health... "Before the recession, men were more likely to commit suicide than women. This gap grew once the economic crisis began: While suicide rates increased for both genders, the increase for men was four times greater than that of women."
• hluska 12y ago
  This information comes from a report by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. I can't find the report itself, but it is referenced here: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health-jan-june13-suicide_05-03/ http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health-jan-june13-suicide_05-... Edit - I found the report moments after posting that link. Here it is: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6217a1.htm?mobile=nocontent&s_cid=mm6217a1_w http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6217a1.htm?mobile...
  • Estragon 12y ago
    Thanks.