Suicide Rates Debate
Discussions center on global and US suicide rate trends, debates over increases or decreases, international comparisons (e.g., US vs. Japan), and requests for citations from sources like Our World in Data and Wikipedia.
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Interesting stats, do you have a citation on the suicide rates?
Suicide rates have been falling around the world:https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/suicide-death-rates-by-se...
Citation on suicide rates increasing 50%?
The suicide rate is not that high. Fewer than 50k last year in the US, an all-time high, from a population of 330M.https://www.nbcnews.com/health/mental-health/cdc-data-finds-...
The US has a pretty high suicide rate, especially for developed countrieshttps://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/suicide-r...
Does the data you're using include suicides?
Not sure why you're downvoted. Your question is valid. That said, I've yet to find solid evidence that supports a substantial rise in suicide rates. The only source I found suggested the opposite: https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m4352
We're not seeing an increase in deaths by suicide, and most countries are not seeing an increase in deaths in that age group.https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m4352.full?ijkey=NDYZgh6...
Japan has a lower suicide rate than the USAhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_r...
They don't?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_r...