I thought this was America

originally posted by: putnam6

originally posted by: chr0naut

originally posted by: Lysergic

originally posted by: chr0naut
a reply to: Lysergic

Perhaps the USA isn't the big deal you think it is?

Says a kiwi roflmao, enjoy your island.

Islands (plural). Tropical Pacific ones, too.

Enjoy your little ashtray of industrial dreams.

I would agree it sounds idyllic and beautiful, but why are there so many teen suicides? 15-19-year-olds specifically... it seems weird for such a paradise. As well as perhaps changing the name to Aotearoa, will help lift up the native population

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Think of New Zealand and what likely comes to mind is beautiful nature - fjords, mountains and magnificent landscapes, vast, empty and endless.

But for years already, the country has been struggling with another form of isolation - depression and suicide.

A new report by Unicef contains a shocking statistic - New Zealand has by far the highest youth suicide rate in the developed world.

A shock but no surprise - it's not the first time the country tops that table.

The Unicef report found New Zealand's youth suicide rate - teenagers between 15 and 19 - to be the highest of a long list of 41 OECD and EU countries.

The rate of 15.6 suicides per 100,000 people is twice as high as the US rate and almost five times that of Britain.

There's a combination of reasons, and it's important not to only focus on one statistic, warns Dr Prudence Stone of Unicef New Zealand.

The high suicide rate ties in with other data, showing for instance child poverty, high rates of teenage pregnancies or families where neither of the parents have work.

New Zealand also has "one of the world's worst records for bullying in school", says Shaun Robinson of the Mental Health Foundations New Zealand.

He explains there is a "toxic mix" of very high rates of family violence, child abuse, and child poverty that need to be addressed to tackle the problem.

New Zealand's own statistics also reveal that suicide rates are highest for young Maori and Pacific Islander men.

"This shows us there are also issues around cultural identity and the impact of colonisation," he says.

According to the most recent data of 2014, the suicide rate among Maori men across all age groups is around 1.4 times that of the non-Maori.

"It is alarming to see - and perhaps it is an indicator of the level of institutional and cultural racism in our society," says Dr Stone.

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Since 2008, the suicide rate in the USA has been greater than that in New Zealand.

List of countries by suicide rate From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This year, the US total suicide rate is 16.1 per 100,000 people and NZ's rate is 11 per 100,000 people.

Suicide Rate by Country 2022

If the USA is so great, why are its people committing suicide so much (people living in glass houses et al...)?

Welcome back Lys, love the new avatar.

And well, maybe Hunter likes the third rate types. That's the American way ain't it. Freedom of choice?

a reply to: Lysergic

Scary thoughts w kids n brothers of Prez.

We had Reagan's son ballet dancing, the Bush twins sneaking out of the White House to party...Carters drunk brother w "Billy Beer"...W. Clinton's brother "cokehead" as well doc'.

So...we got em here in....? We always got em ..

We are 3- A-mericas. North, Central and South "Ah-merica".

Hey...there in lies perhaps lies the problem...not these ever present family members...

Still...hold em accountable...but they wont. Just saying...👍

a reply to: Lysergic

You know, he could hook up with Charlie Sheen and take lessons on what kind of women to hook up with. However, on second thought, that might actually be a terrible idea for Charlie.

originally posted by: Lysergic

It has occurred to me that the President's son is getting subpar, 3rd rate hookers, why is that?

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