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struggle4progress

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18. Find another way to highlight suicide issues, other than tying them to Reid

Reply to Voltaire2 (Reply #12)

Fri Apr 27, 2018, 02:02 PM

Apr 2018

Teen suicides are certainly tragedies. So are suicides at later ages --- and suicide rates (per 100k) increase steadily with age, as shown by the following WISQARS data

15-19 7.96
20-24 13.24
25-29 13.71
30-34 13.91
35-39 15.00
40-44 16.54
45-49 17.83
50-54 18.34
55-59 17.30
60-64 14.85
65-69 13.48
70-74 14.19
75-79 15.97
80-84 17.99

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Joy Reid is not a major factor in teen suicide. But guns are. [View all] struggle4progress Apr 2018 OP

Especially with males. BigmanPigman Apr 2018 #1

K & R Wwcd Apr 2018 #2

And LGBT teens are 4 times more likely to attempt suicide than straight teens mythology Apr 2018 #3

K&R sheshe2 Apr 2018 #4

Homophobia kills period. N/T FreeState Apr 2018 #5

The image of Orrin Hatch giving a W nominee a blowjob on the Senate floor struggle4progress Apr 2018 #6

What? Voltaire2 Apr 2018 #7

What? Are you seriously suggesting that Joy Reid is somehow responsible for youth suicide? struggle4progress Apr 2018 #19

That isn't the post I referenced dsc Apr 2018 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author m-lekktor Apr 2018 #13

Suicide is a serious issue. I've known a number of people who killed themselves struggle4progress Apr 2018 #17

I expect you know very well that Joy Reid is not causing teen suicides struggle4progress Apr 2018 #16

Dismisses lgbt youth suicide problem. Voltaire2 Apr 2018 #8

Maybe this issue is a just little more important than TheSmarterDog Apr 2018 #9

Homophobia is a major factor in lgbt youth suicide. Voltaire2 Apr 2018 #12

Find another way to highlight suicide issues, other than tying them to Reid struggle4progress Apr 2018 #18

Your post is nauseating. I'm sure every LGBT teen is hanging on every word Joy Reid said TheSmarterDog Apr 2018 #20

Homophobic teasing and guns are both major factors oberliner Apr 2018 #11

The social isolation theories make sense: rates are higher for men than for women; struggle4progress Apr 2018 #15

I actually take issue with the notion that LGBT especially the T dsc Apr 2018 #14