Wednesday, August 13, 2014

White Male Suicides versus "Oppressed" Groups

(Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention via WaPo)



WaPo reports:

9 comments:

  1. Now Bob, that's an inappropriate conclusion to draw from that chart given subjective value, no? I mean, maybe us White people are just panzees? For instance, the recent string of banker suicides(?).


    But yea, I agree no race is oppressed.

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  2. I find it particularly disturbing that the mainstream media puts forth considerable effort to keep this sort of information under the radar...

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  3. We just have nothing to blame our failures on, but ourselves.

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  4. So 28% of white males killed themselves in 2011?

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    1. It's absolute numbers, not percentages.

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    2. The original title said "per 100,000". It was corrected since then.

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  5. Do you have the numbers as a proportion of the total population for each group. There are a lot more white people than black and Asian, so a number per 100,000 people would be a better guide.

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    1. True. But the white male to female rate is telling.

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    2. That is the best comparison. Also note that the male/female ratio is similar in all racial groups. But I would like to see per capita rates for each race to see if there are real disparities there, or if it is just a result of a larger white population.

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