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Originally Posted by Derek S
It's not an especially high amount for the age-group and area. It's being brought to attention because of the alleged link that no-one has been able to find. If it wasn't for the press most people outside the area would be none the wiser.
For example I know of at least 3 people of similar ages committing suicide since the turn of the year in a small part of West Scotland. That gives it a similar level as the area in South Wales but there isn't any talk of suicide pact or doomsday cults.
It's desperately sad that people with everything to live for decide to take the option of ending their own lives and more should be done to help them but thinking up conspiracy theories doesn't help anyone.
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Ok I've just been on the national stats web site.
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbas...asp?vlnk=13618
Which gives figure for up to 2004.
National UK average for suicides (of all ages above 15) is 18 per 100,000
In Wales it's slightly higher at 22 per 100,000 = 0.022%
it can then be broken down further on areas and deprivation. etc.
even then it's about 35 per 100,000 = 0.035%
So on those figures it doesn't look out of place.
The population of Bridgend at the last count was 130,000
and we're only two months into 2008 and we are at 17 deaths = 0.013%
So we're over half way to the annual figures and only 1/6 into the year.
So you can safely say that, at the moment, it certainly above average...............
And I'm not a conspiricy theorist but you cannot say that it is "normal"
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Originally Posted by Damien
We're not, But statistics are important. You cannot say this is a big, unexplained event, if it's on par with the normal rates of suicide.
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=1092
17.4 men and 5.3 Women is per 100,000 is the 'normal' rate.
Population of Bridge-end: 132,600
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgend_(county_borough)
Of course, not that every death is not equally tragic or to minimize the deaths but this is not deserving of the media swarm it is getting, at least not in terms of a 'weird' occurrence or patten. |
Thank you - I have done the same (above) and that is an annual rate, we are two months into the year. Those figures are also for 15+ whereas we are dealing with a much thinner demographic spread of a few years.