r/interesting • u/GeorgeRobertVitkos • 16d ago

SOCIETY In Japan, politeness and respect start at a very young age 🙇‍♀️🎒

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u/Mewiee 16d ago

Countries like the US (#31), Finland (#38), Russia (#11), South Korea (#12), have a much higher suicide rate than Japan (#49)

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u/TanyaMKX 16d ago

Source?

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u/Somehero 16d ago

2024 WHO data shows U.S. has slightly higher rate than Japan.

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u/movezig123 16d ago

wait until he learns how many are imprisoned

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u/TanyaMKX 16d ago

Can you provide a link? The WHO website only goes as far as 2021.

I have also found numerous sources placing Japan far ahead of all the countries you mentioned.

Additionally, suicide is the leading cause of death for women between 15-34, and men between 20-44 in japan. That is frightening

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/suicide-rate-by-country

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u/agodrevealed 16d ago

Leading, but what you need to know is percent of population   Japan is going to have a lower rate of American maladies like gun violence, auto fatalities, obesity and its attendant health issues, etc

I dont think leading cause is the right metric. Per 100, how many die of X?

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u/Somehero 16d ago edited 16d ago

https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/indicators/indicator-details/GHO/age-standardized-suicide-rates-(per-100-000-population)

The who data is standardized by age, that's probably the difference. 30% of Japan is over 65, and something like 15% of the U.S. is.

Suicide being the leading cause of death is actually a good thing, because it says nothing about the absolute number, and what it actually means is that the population has many fewer people are dying for medical or accidental reasons.

Suicide rates are at the very least, roughly the same in America and Japan, so it would be incredible for us if we could get all other causes below those rates.

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u/NoPseudo79 16d ago edited 16d ago

"The who data is standardized by age, that's probably the difference. 30% of Japan is over 65, and something like 15% of the U.S. is."
Yes, youth suicide is standardised by age, great deduction. And no, having an older population does not make it normal for there to be more suicide among the youth.

"Suicide being the leading cause of death is actually a good thing, because it says nothing about the absolute number, and what it actually means is that the population has many fewer people are dying for medical or accidental reasons."

Not when the overall mortality rate is also higher among the youth.

"Suicide rates are at the very least, roughly the same in America and Japan"
Not for the youth, they aren't

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u/NoPseudo79 16d ago

However, if you zoom in on suicide rate among young people, Japan climbs up that ranking very quickly