• venusaur@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    How common are hanging suicides for all men? Do we just no hear about other people doing it cuz it’s not sus?

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          4 months ago

          I appreciate that. Part of why this particular case is so magnetic for me. It feels like people want to create a divisive conspiracy supported by no evidence. That way they can get some white people bad points. Rather than admit we have a massive mental health crisis happening. Everyone should be trying to help one another, not use a tragedy to divide eachother further.

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        4 months ago

        In the US, gun is the most-common route.

        kagis

        https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/facts/data.html

        This says 55.33% of suicides in the US are with a firearm.

        I once went digging through death statistics on suicides. In Japan, firearms are hard to get, but there are tall buildings all over. Firearms deaths are down, but deaths by falling are way up.

        It’s very much a locational thing.

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          4 months ago

          Yes your source supports my statement that its the second most common form of suicide in the US. New Mexico also happens to be the 5th leading state in number of suicides to population ratio.