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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merpnderp Aug 27, 2019 View on HN

Interesting stats, do you have a citation on the suicide rates?

tonyedgecombe Dec 22, 2019 View on HN

Suicide rates have been falling around the world:https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/suicide-death-rates-by-se...

kozd Dec 27, 2021 View on HN

Citation on suicide rates increasing 50%?

lapcat Aug 12, 2023 View on HN

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-...

godelski May 30, 2022 View on HN

The US has a pretty high suicide rate, especially for developed countrieshttps://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/suicide-r...

Snoozle Mar 30, 2021 View on HN

Does the data you're using include suicides?

fairity Dec 23, 2020 View on HN

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

DanBC Jan 27, 2022 View on HN

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...

hgjjghjghjhgg Nov 18, 2022 View on HN

Japan has a lower suicide rate than the USAhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_r...

qazwse_ Jun 12, 2016 View on HN

They don't?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_r...