What would be useful would be a tool to determine how really unusual is some series of events X. Obviously, you'd have to keep in mind that every day some number of "highly unlikely" events occurs [1].
Not to dismiss this series of bizarre death but rather, just feeling frustrated that I can say neither "Woah, something's going on" nor "nothing to see here folks, move along".
Suicide incidence per 100,000 people in the US is ~21 people annually. JPMC and Citigroup alone employe over 500,000 people. This story cites something like 6 deaths, in wildly different roles, including that of a retiree.
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What would be useful would be a tool to determine how really unusual is some series of events X. Obviously, you'd have to keep in mind that every day some number of "highly unlikely" events occurs [1].
Not to dismiss this series of bizarre death but rather, just feeling frustrated that I can say neither "Woah, something's going on" nor "nothing to see here folks, move along".
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_problem
Suicide incidence per 100,000 people in the US is ~21 people annually. JPMC and Citigroup alone employe over 500,000 people. This story cites something like 6 deaths, in wildly different roles, including that of a retiree.