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- From: jdahl@rchland.vnet.ibm.com (Jared Dahl)
- Subject: Re: Some Real Folklore
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- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 18:13:48 GMT
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- In article <27560@dog.ee.lbl.gov>, twcaps@tennyson.lbl.gov (Terry Chan) writes:
- |> jdahl@rchland.vnet.ibm.com (Jared Dahl) writes:
- [stuff deleted]
- |> +Does anybody know the suicide rates for the 18-24 age group?
- |>
- |> I don't have national data for the 18-24 age group but for the
- |> 15-24 age group in 1988 there were approximately 4,900 total deaths
- |> from suicide. The national rate of suicide based on 1989 data is
- |> 13.2 per 100,000 for this age group. BTW, the rate of death by
- |> suicide for North Dakota is 10.6 per 100,000. Which is on the
- |> low side.
- |>
- |> Several possibilities come to mind:
- |>
- |> - UND students commit suicide, but only those from out of state
- |> where it's less likely to be reported. Of course, these are
- |> less likely to be reported as suicides to the general campus
- |> population. [I don't know the number of out of state students
- |> for UND, but I would expect it to be relatively low.]
-
- Actually somewhat high. The aviation school at UND is probably
- the best in the country, and most Aviation students are from out
- of state (about 2000 from out of state).
-
- |> - You were there during a string of good years where the student
- |> population earned a relatively high GPA thus obviating the
- |> need for "suicides."
-
- Large freshman class when I started, much smaller the next semester.
- UND is an "open-admission" college, so there were a lot of people
- who did fairly poorly and dropped out after first semester.
-
- |> - Everyone was stoned during that period and thus saw no need
- |> for suicide (and probably couldn't competently execute any
- |> plans to do so if they felt so inclined).
-
- That is entirely possible.
-
- |> - UND is a secret alien base populated by aliens with incredibly
- |> robust constitutions and excellent dexterity thus you were the
- |> person wondering about suicide.
-
- That is also possible. Grand Forks Air Force Base is about twelve
- miles away. Lots of missiles and bombers. Maybe it was a spy
- station?
-
- But five years? There should have been One???
-
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