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Originally Posted by bigearl
I just got curious when I read this and I googled suicide rates by year. Apparently this is tracked by the CDC. The results really surprised me. Suicide is actually way down overall over 20 years ago, but that was up tremendously from 20 years before that. And I expected it to be teens but 20-24 year olds were far more likely than teens. I have no point with this other than to say I'm truly truly surprised. I would never have thought that the rates were lower than 20 years ago.
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edit: I wanted to add that I in no way want to diminish anything by putting it into numbers. Like I said, I was just curious and surprised. |
I would guess the higher number of 20-24 year olds during those years probably had a lot to do with Korea and Vietnam. But, just a guess.