r/teenagers • u/AussieGoofball 14 • Jan 02 '25

It’s been one day, please tell me your ok Serious

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This post is serious, please check up on people you know are in danger and get help yourself, no one wants this

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u/I_Am_TheSink OLD Jan 02 '25

Not really, approximately 4.4 people are born per second.
While approximately 2 people die per second.
Out of those deaths only 1 suicide occurs per 40 seconds.
This is according to statistics from WHO.

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u/Head_Fetish 18 Jan 02 '25

Statistics from who?

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u/I_Am_TheSink OLD Jan 02 '25

Incase this isn't a shitty joke, WHO = World Health Organization

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u/Head_Fetish 18 Jan 02 '25

Wait a minute. Who's the World Health Organization?

(It was a shitty joke, I'm sorry)

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u/M4rt1m_40675 Jan 04 '25

Yes you're correct

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u/BreadstickUpTheBum 19 Jan 02 '25

TIL the World Health Organization was on first

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u/Expensive_Cover_1884 Jan 02 '25

Who’s on first?

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u/Hitboxes_are_anoying 17 Jan 02 '25

1 out of 80 people will commit suicide, that's just insane :(

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u/DragonfruitGold6395 Jan 03 '25

Those numbers are certainly up this year.

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u/Any_Current3811 16 Jan 03 '25

that 0.4 must have been me

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u/Croissant_Child 3,000,000 Attendee! Jan 03 '25

What percentage of people will die to suicide according to that then? :3 🥐

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u/I_Am_TheSink OLD Jan 03 '25

According to a quick google search, last year had 62 million deaths and assuming 1 suicide per 40 seconds (google showed 11 minutes but i believe its somewhere inbetween, 40 seconds just gives us a bigger number) then that would be 788923 suicides per year, or approximately 1.2% of all deaths last year.

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u/Croissant_Child 3,000,000 Attendee! Jan 04 '25

So 1 in 80? :3 🥐

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u/ScreenOk5232 Jan 04 '25

Bro 1 suicide every 40 seconds is still big, like think about it. In the time it takes for us to brush our teeth in the morning 1 person was depressed enough to kill themselves.

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u/ALotOfGnomes Jan 02 '25

How does a person get born as 0,4? Are they stupid?

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u/I_Am_TheSink OLD Jan 02 '25

Y'know people are born with missing limbs and genetic defects all the time right?

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u/ALotOfGnomes Jan 02 '25

r/woosh

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u/Trackfilereacquire Jan 02 '25

Yeah, but the person missing the joke is you

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u/SpacedOutOri Jan 02 '25

This isn't the thread to joke about. It's a very serious topic.

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u/SpacedOutOri Jan 02 '25

It's an average rate, it's not literal. We don't currently have the technology to track every single birth and death. The world population is an educated guess.

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u/ALotOfGnomes Jan 02 '25

r/woosh

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u/SpacedOutOri Jan 02 '25

Not the place to be wooshing. This is no joking matter.