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Title: Unanchored Death
Post by: Shana A on October 11, 2009, 08:30:21 AM
Unanchored Death
October 10, 2009
Posted by Callan

http://callan.wordpress.com/2009/10/10/unanchored-death/ (http://callan.wordpress.com/2009/10/10/unanchored-death/)

On a list, someone offered a link to this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mM)–vOZZBcA

I responded:

    I guess that I am confused.

    The video asserts that the average rate of suicide is 3 people per 100,000 people.  I'm guessing, because it is not stated, that is per year in the United States.

    It then says that the "Transgender Transsexual" suicide rate is 31%. Assuming that this means people who identify as transgender or transsexual, that number is difficult.