I got curious as to why they're only showing these two years. And, of course, leaving out the base rate means any figures will be misleading. So I went to the CDC's site. This data is publicly accessible -- even YOU can check it out any time you want!https://twitter.com/spectatorindex/status/1078382141308776448 …
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What's the moral, kids? Fucked if I know. Except: Never trust statistics that don't come with base rates. (Deleted/RTed to fix threading)
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Oh, and also: THIS SITE IS FREE! USE THIS SITE! EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU AND THE TRUTH IS RIGHT HERE! Main site: https://wonder.cdc.gov/ Subsite I used for this tweetstorm: https://wonder.cdc.gov/ucd-icd10.html
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I'm a bit skeptical about claims that recent changes in the suicide rate are significant of anything particular We remain in the same general historical range. Other rich countries have experienced more-dramatic changes (up and down) in same period. We're not that special, imopic.twitter.com/Ji3OyaRqFt
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I didn't make a claim! I was giving an example of a claim that a hack would make!
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Yeah i know i was just sort of throwing that in there b/c i've seen a half-dozen hot takes elsewhere. on how the "Suicide rate is rising OMG clearly there's a social problem" Im like Donny in the Big Lebowski, and this is my John Lennon
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