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Comment by radicaldreamer

Per-country data on suicides should be treated skeptically because most cultures have a strong aversion to suicide and listing cause of death as suicide.

Many are classified as accidents and authorities are generally fine with this. Additionally, suicides are usually not reported by the media to prevent copycat suicides.

What I'm saying is that the "actual rate" of suicides is probably higher, maybe by a lot, in many countries than the official rate.

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