1.5% of people die by suicide

[OnMyLast Legs]

I found this statistic (Google it) and it blew my mind. That's high! It seems much less unbelievable that I would die this way when I know 1 in 67 humans do.

It's likely higher for white men. How many of us do ourselves in? 1 in 40? 30? Off the top of my head I would have thought 1 in 1,000.

It's so easy for one's life to go terribly wrong.

 

[left0vers]

I thought it would be a lot more. Could the suicides be underreported?

 

[DeadManLiving]

I thought it would be a lot more. Could the suicides be underreported?

Yes

 

[iveseenfootage]

I thought it would be a lot more. Could the suicides be underreported?

Almost definitely

 

[3FailedAttemptss]

Read a study which suggested it's 1 in 10 for us schizophrenics TwT

 

[PrismHon]

I dunno where you found that stat but seems way too high https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_rate if I take the highest rate country there, it's 28.7 per 100,000 so that is 0.03% percent. Am I missing something?

 

[OnMyLast Legs]

I dunno where you found that stat but seems way too high https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_rate if I take the highest rate country there, it's 28.7 per 100,000 so that is 0.03% percent. Am I missing something?

That's per year

 

[left0vers]

That's per year

What is the 1.5% then? All-time?

 

[CenturiesEnd]

I dunno where you found that stat but seems way too high https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_rate if I take the highest rate country there, it's 28.7 per 100,000 so that is 0.03% percent. Am I missing something?

"The global total of suicide deaths decreased from an estimated 762 000 (UI: 590 000–892 000) in 2000 to 717 000 (UI: 545 000–913 000) in 2021. The CDR from suicide (SDG indicator 3.4.2) declined steadily between 2000 and 2020 from 12.4 (UI: 9.6–14.5) deaths per 100 000 population to 9.0 (UI: 7.0–11.3) deaths per 100 000 population, and then increased slightly to 9.1 (UI: 6.9–11.6) deaths per 100 000 population in 2021"

That's a 0.009% rate every year for EVERYONE, alive or dead. Only about 900-1000 people per 100k die every year. That means out of all DEATHS, suicide accounts for about 1% of them. Even then, it's quite rare really, and it's becoming even more rare. Lot less deaths per 100k reported during recent years as opposed to 20+ years ago. Drastic decreases in European countries especially. Probably due to the mental health awareness in those countries that really helps people seek resources and find happiness.

 

[FuneralCry]

I only envy them, to me the only fortunate ones are those who no longer suffer in this cruel, torturous existence that never should had been imposed, it's just so terrible how humans impose this existence in the first place, existence truly is an abomination that just causes harm and suffering with no limit as to how much one can be tortured. For me only non-existence is good and positive, only non-existence will I be at peace from the evil, torture and suffering of existing, for me ceasing to exist would be suffering prevention in this existence that will always be only suffering, existence to me is always an mistake.