I was having a discussion with someone online who was comparing Australia's per capita gun deaths to America's. He brought up a bunch of statistics that on their face looked like a good argument for gun control. But once you break down the statistics you start to get a clear picture of the true story.
As of 2023:
America's gun deaths was 13.7 per 100,000. 7.6 per 100,000 are suicides. More than half of all gun deaths are due to suicide.
Yet the suicide rate from pharmaceutical drug overdoses is 31.3 per 100,000.
A doctor and his script pad is 2.4x more deadly than guns in America.
- The suicide rate is 14.1 per 100,000 in America
- The Suicide rate is 11.8 per 100,000 in Australia.
In Australia, it's allegedly 0.09 gun deaths per 100,000 people.
The suicide rate for pharmaceutical drug overdoses in Australia is 1.7 per 100,000.
That means a doctor and his script pad is 18+ times more deadly than guns in Australia.
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It would appear we have a mental health problem, exacerbated by the pharmaceutical industry and their overzealous script enthusiasts, rather than a gun problem in Australia.
As of 2023:
America's gun deaths was 13.7 per 100,000. 7.6 per 100,000 are suicides. More than half of all gun deaths are due to suicide.
Yet the suicide rate from pharmaceutical drug overdoses is 31.3 per 100,000.
A doctor and his script pad is 2.4x more deadly than guns in America.
- The suicide rate is 14.1 per 100,000 in America
- The Suicide rate is 11.8 per 100,000 in Australia.
In Australia, it's allegedly 0.09 gun deaths per 100,000 people.
The suicide rate for pharmaceutical drug overdoses in Australia is 1.7 per 100,000.
That means a doctor and his script pad is 18+ times more deadly than guns in Australia.
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It would appear we have a mental health problem, exacerbated by the pharmaceutical industry and their overzealous script enthusiasts, rather than a gun problem in Australia.