• tal@olio.cafe
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    12 hours ago

    In the US, gun is the most-common route.

    kagis

    https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/facts/data.html

    This says 55.33% of suicides in the US are with a firearm.

    I once went digging through death statistics on suicides. In Japan, firearms are hard to get, but there are tall buildings all over. Firearms deaths are down, but deaths by falling are way up.

    It’s very much a locational thing.

    • Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world
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      Yes your source supports my statement that its the second most common form of suicide in the US. New Mexico also happens to be the 5th leading state in number of suicides to population ratio.