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emperor ([personal profile] emperor) wrote2008-10-20 02:01 pm
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What do people die of?

An interesting article from the BBC, including maps of cause of death, stratified by age, across the UK.

I think the interesting thing is what the reporter says right at the very end about what people actually die of, as opposed to what government policy thinks is a cause of death worth spending money on preventing.

[identity profile] meirion.livejournal.com 2008-10-20 01:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Making suicide harder just leads to the suicidal feeling even more desperately trapped.
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[identity profile] meirion.livejournal.com 2008-10-20 02:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm talking about the "not always" constituency here. Is it really better for anyone if someone's suicidal for 20+ years with no means to an end?