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Teenage boys' suicide rate is skyrocketing because of firearms access (19thnews.org)

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[–] alyaza@beehaw.org 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

These are all things having little to do with suicide: Japan completely disarmed everyone outside of government in the 90’s, and they have better access to healthcare than Americans, but suicide rates only grew.

Japan's suicide rate remains substantially lower than America's suicide rate (particularly with respect to men) according to WHO data. this is particularly noteworthy because of Japanese cultural attitudes toward suicide (seen as morally neutral or honorable in certain circumstances, rather than consistently reprehensible as in America). it would imply the disarming you're talking about is putting a significant damper on the rate.

[–] AndyLikesCandy@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago

Hot damn, BUT I question American face values specifically because it's conflating a second epidemic: overdoses are often recorded as suicide when it's not a clear accident like a medical interaction with prescriptions - it's up to the coroner.