Comment on Why I’m No Longer a ProfessorComments−Estragon12y I saw a news article about suicides among 50-something men in the US going up by 50%. I'm curious, is this statistically significant? I'm having trouble finding information about the variance of suicide rates.−hluska12yThis information comes from a report by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. I can't find the report itself, but it is referenced here:http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health-jan-june13-suicide_05-...Edit - I found the report moments after posting that link. Here it is:http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6217a1.htm?mobile...−Estragon12yThanks.−pgrote12yI, too, was hoping for a reference in the post. Checking google news shows no recent news reports.I did find this:http://journalistsresource.org/studies/society/public-health..."Before the recession, men were more likely to commit suicide than women. This gap grew once the economic crisis began: While suicide rates increased for both genders, the increase for men was four times greater than that of women."
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This information comes from a report by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. I can't find the report itself, but it is referenced here:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health-jan-june13-suicide_05-...
Edit - I found the report moments after posting that link. Here it is:
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6217a1.htm?mobile...
Thanks.
I, too, was hoping for a reference in the post. Checking google news shows no recent news reports.
I did find this:
http://journalistsresource.org/studies/society/public-health...
"Before the recession, men were more likely to commit suicide than women. This gap grew once the economic crisis began: While suicide rates increased for both genders, the increase for men was four times greater than that of women."