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Varyk@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.ml ·
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Chinese child suicide rates jumping ten percent annually since 2010

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Chinese child suicide rates jumping ten percent annually since 2010

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Varyk@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.ml ·
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China's Gen Z mental health crisis emerges in disturbing jump in suicide rate amid intense academic pressure
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Suicides among young adults aged 15 to 24 fell 7% through 2017 then posted a nearly 20% increase the next four years, per government data.
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    If it jumped 10% annually since 2010 wouldn’t that make it 130% or am I bad at maths

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      Removed by mod

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      Lol. It’s 1.1^(2023-2010)

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      Nice rule of thumb: 7% increase per year means doubling in 10 years.

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      10% above its current rate.

      So if 2% of children are killing themselves an increase of ten percent would be 2.2%.

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