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Binge Alcohol Drinking and Suicide Deaths by State

NumbersBy unk_variable on Aug 02, 2007
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US Census Statistical Abstract (http://www.census.gov/compe...), AAA, and US Census Bureau (http://census.gov), and CDC WISQARS
I guess we all show our problems off in different ways. What's interesting about this graph to me is that binge alcohol drinking is *this* correlative to suicide. —unk_variable

Comments (4)

rkm says

I recall Charles Bukowski once said something about drinking being the slowest form of suicide, as well as the most cowardly and the most noble. Perhaps that points to a correlation between not just suicide and binge drinking, but between binge drinking and suicidal tendencies. Too bad that's so hard to quantify.
This is a really great graph. I hope you can find that age- and gender-specific information you were looking for. I'll definitely keep my eyes out for it.
Keep on keepin' on. Great stuff!

posted about 1 year ago

Swivel says

Your graph has been featured on the homepage. Thanks for swiveling! =)

posted about 1 year ago

sara says

This is an incredible graph. 94% correlated and look how closely the lines track. It is an amazing insight into the data.

posted about 1 year ago

unk_variable says

Thank you! :) Since this graph was made using state-by-state data, I'd be curious to know how much of it is self-selective -- that is, do people with certain traits tend towards living in one geographic locality over another; how much interpersonal gravitation by habit goes on (ie, the "birds of a feather flock together" truism), and how well does that correlate to, for lack of a better term, "flock migration". Examples of this in modern times might be the Haight-Ashbury phenomenon in the 60s/70s, the grunge movement in Seattle, the extreme localization of teenage runaways in Portland. Does moving to a geographic locality trend towards a habit, do the people with the habits trend towards a geographic locality, or does the truth really lie somewhere in between?

posted about 1 year ago

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