# Why are so many Americans killing themselves and others compared to other countries

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 26, 2021, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-so-many-americans-killing-themselves-and-others-compared-to-other-countries/942975 "2021-05-26T18:55:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-so-many-americans-killing-themselves-and-others-compared-to-other-countries/942975/81 "2021-06-01T16:33:00Z")

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Yes they do, they do it all the time.

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**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-so-many-americans-killing-themselves-and-others-compared-to-other-countries/942975/82 "2021-06-01T17:19:59Z")

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“White men being told they have all the advantages” is a serious oversimplification of an extremely nuanced subject.

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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-so-many-americans-killing-themselves-and-others-compared-to-other-countries/942975/83 "2021-06-01T17:48:21Z")

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> [@DSeid](#):
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> Canada has roughly a third of the murder rate as the United States. Even just comparing urban rates between the countries the United States has many more murders per capita than Canada has.
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> And the U.S. has a fraction of Mexico’s rate.

Maybe murder correlates with temperature? In Canada, it’s too frickin’ cold to go out and murder people.

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**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-so-many-americans-killing-themselves-and-others-compared-to-other-countries/942975/84 "2021-06-01T17:56:40Z")

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> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#):
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> Maybe murder correlates with temperature? In Canada, it’s too frickin’ cold to go out and murder people.

You might be on to something. New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont, which are states north of where most Canadians live and therefore even colder, are usually states 48-50 in the ranking of most murders per capita by state annually.

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-so-many-americans-killing-themselves-and-others-compared-to-other-countries/942975/85 "2021-06-02T00:01:29Z")

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FL on the other hand … We’re number 1 we’re number 1!! Oh, … wait.

Never Miiind!!!

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