NPR Audio...did I Hear Right?

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no, no, that MUST be wrong tallpine!!! the only reason people commit suicide in the USA is because of all our guns!!!

someone must have slipped you a dose of the truth and a mickey of common sense.

:neener:
 
last i looked, the figures for the year 2000 were 58% suicides. i can't remember the website that i found it on though. i know people hate facts posted without a reference, but its just about quittin' time and i'm goin' fishin'. sorry :)

Bobby
 
90% of people are under a doctor's care at the time of their death. Proving?
 
Code: 
2001, All Races, Both Sexes

Age
Group    Rank   Deaths    Cause of Death

<1 
         1        5,513   Congenital Anomalies
         2        4,410   Short Gestation
         3        2,234   SIDS
         4        1,499   Maternal Pregnancy Comp.
         5        1,018   Placenta  Cord Membranes
         6        1,011   Respiratory Distress
         7         976    Unintentional Injury 
         8         696    Bacterial Sepsis
         9         622    Circulatory System Disease
         10        534    Intrauterine Hypoxia


1-4 
         1        1,714   Unintentional Injury 
         2         557    Congenital Anomalies
         3         420    Malignant Neoplasms
         4         415    Homicide 
         5         225    Heart Disease
         6         112    Influenza & Pneumonia
         7         108    Septicemia
         8         72     Perinatal Period
         9         58     Benign Neoplasms
         10        54     Cerebrovascular


5-9 
         1        1,283   Unintentional Injury 
         2         493    Malignant Neoplasms
         3         182    Congenital Anomalies
         4         137    Homicide 
         5         98     Heart Disease
         6         52     Benign Neoplasms
         7         46     Influenza & Pneumonia
         8         42     Chronic Low. Respiratory Disease
         9         38     Cerebrovascular
         10        29     Septicemia


10-14 
         1        1,553   Unintentional Injury 
         2         515    Malignant Neoplasms
         3         272    Suicide 
         4         194    Congenital Anomalies
         5         189    Homicide 
         6         174    Heart Disease
         7         62     Chronic Low. Respiratory Disease
         8         53     Benign Neoplasms
         9         46     Influenza & Pneumonia
         10        42     Cerebrovascular


15-19 
         1        6,646   Unintentional Injury 
         2        1,899   Homicide 
         3        1,611   Suicide 
         4         732    Malignant Neoplasms
         5         347    Heart Disease
         6         255    Congenital Anomalies
         7         74     Chronic Low. Respiratory Disease
         8         68     Cerebrovascular
         9         66     Influenza & Pneumonia
         10        57     Septicemia


20-24 
         1        7,765   Unintentional Injury 
         2        3,398   Homicide 
         3        2,360   Suicide 
         4         972    Malignant Neoplasms
         5         652    Heart Disease
         6         250    Congenital Anomalies
         7         183    HIV
         8         128    Cerebrovascular
         9         115    Influenza & Pneumonia
         10        103    Diabetes Mellitus


25-34 
         1       11,839   Unintentional Injury 
         2        5,204   Homicide 
         3        5,070   Suicide 
         4        3,994   Malignant Neoplasms
         5        3,160   Heart Disease
         6        2,101   HIV
         7         601    Cerebrovascular
         8         595    Diabetes Mellitus
         9         458    Congenital Anomalies
         10        387    Liver Disease

http://webappa.cdc.gov/sasweb/ncipc/leadcaus.html
 
Code: 
2001, United States 
Violence-Related Firearm Deaths and Rates per 100,000 
All Races, 
Both Sexes, 
ICD-10 Codes: X72-X74,X93-X95,Y35.0, *U01.4 




     Number of                    Crude     Age-Adjusted
        Deaths      Population     Rate           Rate**

        28,540     285,317,572    10.00             9.92

Code: 
2001, United States 
Suicide Firearm Deaths and Rates per 100,000 
All Races, 
Both Sexes, 
ICD-10 Codes: X72-X74 




     Number of                    Crude     Age-Adjusted
        Deaths      Population     Rate           Rate**

        16,869     285,317,572     5.91             5.90

Code: 
2001, United States 
Suicide Injury Deaths and Rates per 100,000 
All Races, 
Both Sexes, 
ICD-10 Codes: X60-X84, Y87.0,*U03 




     Number of                    Crude     Age-Adjusted
        Deaths      Population     Rate           Rate**

        30,622     285,317,572    10.73            10.69

http://webappa.cdc.gov/sasweb/ncipc/mortrate10_fy.html
 
Anyone can quote a statistic that is either true or false.

The fact that a person (organization, etc) twists a statistic around to prove their own point does not necessarily make the statistic false.

Looking at any specific statistic, you have to analyze it within the context of a lot of other facts, including other statistics.

I learned in a college statistics class that tornados in Kansas and the barracuda catch off of Florida are statistically correlated. ;)
 
Does anyone else find it surprising that in 15-24 year olds heart disease is the number 4-5 killer?
 
That figure is the one in the criminological and psychological research. It really isn't an RKBA issue or one to go nuts about. It's probably true.

In fact, the argument is fairly convincing as it reduces the actually evil gun use death significantly by 50%. The evidence is convincing that even with a total gun ban the suicide rate would probably remain the same as other methods would be substituted.

So chill out. I know that facts sometimes intrude on ideology. This isn't the case here.
 
Having worked with suicidal clients, I can say that this is very true:

The evidence is convincing that even with a total gun ban the suicide rate would probably remain the same as other methods would be substituted.
Click to expand...

If someone truly wants to die, they will find a way to do it. Guns are an effective means to end your life, but if suicidal people don't have access to a gun, they will find another plan.
 
It is an absolute, provable FACT, that 100%, that is right, 100%, of the people who die each year had been breathing.

It is apparent that the cause of death is breathing, and that practice must be banned immediately.

Jim
 
To summarize Harry Tuttle's data, in 2001:

59.1% of firearm deaths were suicides.
55% of suicides were committed with a gun.

50,930 violent deaths

20,308 homicides
11,348 killed with a gun
8,960 killed without a gun

30,622 suicides
16,869 suicide with a gun
13,753 suicide without a gun

Or maybe a pretty picture, specially prepared with High Road colors:

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Let's see how we compare to the world:
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/hea_sui_rat_mal

Selected gun-free utopias:
Japan - 25 per 100,000
Australia - 21.5 per 100,000
Canada - 21.5 per 100,000

United States - 19.8 per 100,000

On the other hand...

United Kingdom - 11 per 100,000



(that's just males; you can see females at http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/hea_sui_rat_fem )


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What a great site!

By the way, did you know that more than 12% of Americans smoke pot?
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/lif_can_use

Take a look at eight people at work tomorrow. One of `em is probably high! :D
 

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