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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Jun 29

    Partial exception is US baby boomers (driving a slight nation-level rise since a low point in 1999). Rates were higher during Great Depression & early 20th C (not shown).https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/suicide-death-rate-by-age?country=USA …

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      1. Bingo‏ @Zugzwangame Jun 30
        Replying to @sapinker

        The suicude rates are on the rise in the US, despite the global trend downward. Global trends are not national ones.

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      1. Mike Brungardt‏ @b8es71 Jun 30
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        Seems potentially misleading, with an age group as large as 15 - 49. Don't we need to break out 15-25 yo's? That's got to be the highest.

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      1. Royden Hodgskin‏ @visedge Jun 29
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        A compelling chart to support euthanasia amongst the elderly

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      1. Electric Noggin‏ @NogginCalaboose Jun 29
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        Q. Is that bump up in 94 anything to do with Kurt Cobains suicide? A. It is. That’s the ill effects of a pop culture.

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      1. lukwtwz‏ @lukwtwz Jun 29
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        When you adjust for differences in quality/accessibity of mental health care between Great Depression and now, suicide stats are alarming. Arguably, many Great Depression-era suicides would've been prevented with today's medicine if not its toys, porn, other creature comforts.

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      1. Michael Nadolsky‏ @RevrseSolipsist Jun 29
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        Split this into gender. Is it mostly going down for women?

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      1. ქõპყ ძõõძ‏ @realjoeydood Jun 29
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      1. KO_Sulli‏ @KO_Sulli Jun 29
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        Is there some noise in this as far as knowable suicide vs. "accidental" overdose, etc.?

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