---In [email protected], <mjackson74@...> wrote :
This is the first time I have seen this article - thanks to you who posted it. It is about time this is dealt with forthrightly. It is worth the time to read the comment - here is one that is especially instructive. So much for the Marshy Effect: "Great article. I got curious about the math, so I used the statistics given in this article and from what I calculated, the Fairfield suicide rate is MORE THAN TWICE AS HIGH as the state suicide rate (and as stated in the article, the state suicide rate is already higher than the national average). The math is laid out below. From this article: “Since mid-2008, 20 people have died by suicide in the greater Fairfield area…Statewide, suicide rates are on the rise, going from 11.7 to 14.4 cases per 100,000 people from 2010 to 2013, surpassing the national average, according to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.” Fairfield suicide rate: 20 cases / 10,000 people (approximate Fairfield population) / 6 years (2008-2014) = .0333% per year state suicide rate: 14.4 cases / 100,000 people / 1 year = .0144% per year (using the 2013 state suicide rate here–the average suicide rate from 2008 to 2014 would be lower, which means the Fairfield rate is actually even higher compared to the state rate than shown here) comparison: Fairfield rate / state rate = .0144% / .0333% = 2.3125 Which would mean that the Fairfield suicide rate is 2.3125 times as high as the state suicide rate." From: "curtisdeltablues@... [FairfieldLife]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2014 12:11 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Was This Already Posted? M: That was an excellent article. It nails one of the most destructive aspects of what I call the prison of specialness in the movement. Sidha means perfection. Ideal society, perfect health, invincibility, immortality, the list of unwarranted superlatives goes on and on. All in the cause of pretending we are not what we are, flawed humans with a limited understanding of what is going on in life, doing the best we can. It is a propensity for "front'n extra large" that would make the most bombastic rapper blush! Thanks for posting it. I read it after my friend emailed it to me (totally unrelated to FFL or anything going on here) and after I read it and posted it here I looked at the date and realized it was only a couple of days old so my question of whether it had already been posted ended up being a stupid one. I thought it was a pretty clear and clean article also. ---In [email protected], <awoelflebater@...> wrote : Sent to me by a friend in FF. Suicide in Fairfield: Iowa town struggles with mental health awareness | Little Village http://littlevillagemag.com/suicide-in-fairfield-iowa-town-struggles-with-mental-health-awareness/ http://littlevillagemag.com/suicide-in-fairfield-iowa-town-struggles-with-mental-health-awareness/ Suicide in Fairfield: Iowa town struggles with mental he... http://littlevillagemag.com/suicide-in-fairfield-iowa-town-struggles-with-mental-health-awareness/ Available online and published twice a month, Little Village covers Iowa City events, news, music, film and more -- all from a refreshing, local perspective. View on littlevillagemag.com Preview by Yahoo
