A Decade of Urban Transformation, Seen from Above

Re:A Decade of Urban Transformation, Seen from Above by icebraining on Tuesday December 31, 2019 @02:16PM (#21923676)

I don't have a citation for loneliness per se, but suicide rates for young people are much higher in rural areas, "even after controlling for a broad array of county-level sociodemographic, economic, and health care system characteristics."

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/...

Of course, there's always the issue about whether suburbs and exurbs count as rural or urban, which leads to people talking past each other.

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Re:A Decade of Urban Transformation, Seen from Above by DanBC on Wednesday January 01, 2020 @09:23AM (#21928119)

I can't see where they controlled for distance needed to travel to reach emergency departments after a suicide attempt. I'm sure they did, because it's a pretty big factor for how many people die from some methods, but it would have been nice to see this more clearly described.

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Re:A Decade of Urban Transformation, Seen from Above by icebraining on Wednesday January 01, 2020 @10:47AM (#21928452)

Well, even if that accounts for part of the effect, it's still a benefit from urban living!

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