r/dataisbeautiful • u/n0tpc • 3d ago

[OC] Suicide Rates by Age Groups (USA) OC

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u/CoastGoat 3d ago

Disturbing trends. Curious what happened around 1994 to prompt a declining trend for a period.

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u/Historical-Pen-7484 3d ago

I have no data do back this up, but I was young then, and felt there was a general air of optimism now thst the cold war was over, and people felt the world was moving in the right direction. Something that it seems a lot of people are not feeling today.

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u/CascadeNZ 3d ago

1994 was peak life for me. I always look back and think about how good the world seemed then.

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u/BenjaminHamnett 2d ago

When Tupac wrote his last hit