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Re:2017 saw highest rate of death due to alcohol, drugs, sui... by tha_nose on Thursday March 07, 2019 @09:06AM (#19328062)
The data clearly doesn't not say what you claim. As for trending? I wouldn't call anything going from 1.9% of deaths to 2% of deaths as trending. Focusing on the 2% rather than the 98% seems also doesn't seem to be sensible.
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Re:2017 saw highest rate of death due to alcohol, drugs, sui... by tdfx on Thursday March 07, 2019 @09:30AM (#19328236)
OP is saying the rate of change is cause for alarm, not the overall distribution.
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