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Re:Spot the Drowning Child (2015) by Defenestresque on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @12:06PM (#22485490)
The graph in your first link is absolutely fascinating. I found the number of "Unintentional Poisoning" and "Suicide" deaths especially surprising (due to the high numbers)
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Re:Spot the Drowning Child (2015) by DanBC on Thursday March 05, 2020 @02:25AM (#22491617)
In the US children aged under 9 cannot be counted as a death by suicide.

Suicide means "the deceased ended their life, and had the intent to do so". The US says that people under the age of 9 cannot make a reasoned decision about killing themselves, and thus cannot have the intent to die.

So there will be some people under 9 who killed themselves. It will be a very small number. But their death will be counted as something other than suicide.

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Re:Spot the Drowning Child (2015) by slavik81 on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @03:05PM (#22487471)
Unintentional poisonings have rocketed up the charts in the past few years. It didn't used to be in first place. That's the fentanyl crisis you're seeing.
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Re:Spot the Drowning Child (2015) by keanzu on Thursday March 05, 2020 @02:21AM (#22491601)
The document we were looking at for poisoning was from 2011.

10 Leading Causes of Injury Deaths by Age Group HighlightingUnintentional Injury Deaths, United States – 2011

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Re:Spot the Drowning Child (2015) by pmarreck on Thursday March 05, 2020 @11:30AM (#22495000)
Jesus. Multiple types of suffocation for babies < 1 yr old
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