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05-14-2017, 08:14 PM | #4601 (permalink) |
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^^You do realize the obesity rate is separate from life expectancy right? You're basically telling me that it's a personal choice for someone to end their life earlier than anticipated. That's not a personal choice. That's a choice governed by their lack of being able to control how they feel about themselves, i.e. depression etc. (i fall into this category)
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05-14-2017, 08:17 PM | #4603 (permalink) |
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I'm not sure how much suicide factors into the life expectancy rates but I'd guess it is rather small. Obviously I have sympathy for anyone who has been effected by that, but I think it's fair to correlate the obesity and life expectancy rates.
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05-14-2017, 08:25 PM | #4605 (permalink) |
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Have you got the stats on American suicide rates compared with the U.K.? I don't, and am happy to be informed.
Also I'm sorry if my posts have a personal connection to you Ki. I am genuinely not aware enough of your circumstances to know if that's the case, so I'll be happy to stop discussing the subject.
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05-14-2017, 08:34 PM | #4607 (permalink) |
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Obviously they have an impact. Every death has an impact. My point is that suicides themselves are probably not a huge impact on the overall statistic, and the comparative rate probably isn't hugely different in the U.K., therefore potentially irrelevant to the discussion of life expectancy between the two countries.
Again I ask for the stats because I'm too lazy to look it up right now.
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