9/n In contrast, suicides in the White population increased in period 1, and dropped significantly in periods 2+3 by 25 and 30% respectivelypic.twitter.com/EQGtYgdWUM
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20/n This is not to say that there should not be targeted efforts to help Black people with mental health, which is of course a priority that cannot be ignored. Public health equity is a really important consideration
21/n And it's also not to say that a study with larger numbers may not be able to show such a difference. It is certainly possible that there is a meaningful change here that is simply not possible to see with so few events
22/n That being said, numerically I think it's important to note that the doubling of suicides in the Black community during Mar/Apr in Maryland was entirely offset by a 20% reduction in suicides in the preceding and following months
23/n There may be a statistical test that shows significance of a sort here, but conceptually I don't think there is much meaning to be garnered from numbers like this
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