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posted by on Thursday March 30 2017, @02:03PM   Printer-friendly

Rural America is facing an existential crisis. As cities continue to grow and prosper, small towns are shrinking. That fundamental divide played itself out in the recent presidential election.

[...] The trend is clear: Rural America is literally fading away. It shouldn't come as a surprise, therefore, that the opioid overdose epidemic has hit rural states, like Kentucky and West Virginia, especially hard. And the latest research from the CDC also shouldn't come as a surprise: Suicides in rural America (labeled as non-core) have increased over 40% in 16 years.

From 1999 to 2015, suicide rates increased everywhere in America. On average, across the U.S., suicides increased from 12.2 per 100,000 to 15.7 per 100,0001, an increase of just under 30%. However, in rural America, the suicide rate surged over 40%2, from just over 15 per 100,000 to roughly 22 per 100,000. Similarly, the suicide rate in micropolitan areas (defined as having a population between 10,000-49,999) went from 14 per 100,000 to 19 per 100,000, an increase of around 35%.

On the flip side, major cities saw much smaller increases in suicide rates, on the order of 10%. The graph depicts a clear pattern: Suicide rates are highest in the most rural parts of the country, and they slowly decrease as urbanization increases. As of 2015, the suicide rate in rural areas (22 per 100,000) is about 40% higher than in the nation as a whole (15.7 per 100,000) and 83% higher than in large cities (12 per 100,000).

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  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday March 30 2017, @05:50PM (11 children)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Thursday March 30 2017, @05:50PM (#486638) Homepage Journal

    Beg to differ on the skilled labor situation. Finding good help is as hard as it's ever been in the trades. Reason being, everyone thinks they'll go to college so they don't have to work hard later. Their parents actually encourage this way of thinking.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 30 2017, @05:55PM (9 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 30 2017, @05:55PM (#486647)

    Believing a caricature of someone means you are an asshole that would rather signal virtue than understand people.

    • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday March 30 2017, @05:57PM (8 children)

      by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Thursday March 30 2017, @05:57PM (#486650) Homepage Journal

      That would be a proper zinger if it were remotely accurate. Try again another time.

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 30 2017, @06:13PM (7 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 30 2017, @06:13PM (#486659)

        You have the worst comebacks, I can only blame a deficiency in education and practice with critical thinking.

        everyone thinks they'll go to college so they don't have to work hard later. Their parents actually encourage this way of thinking.

        Maybe if you hadn't used the word "everyone" you could possible make an argument about it not being accurate. But "remotely accurate"? Try again you mental giant!

        • (Score: 1, Flamebait) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday March 30 2017, @06:17PM (6 children)

          by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Thursday March 30 2017, @06:17PM (#486664) Homepage Journal

          I guess you missed the day they discussed generalizations and their function in the language in English class. Oh well.

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          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 30 2017, @06:24PM (5 children)

            by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 30 2017, @06:24PM (#486668)

            Caricature: exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics

            Generalization: a general statement, law, principle, or proposition

            Your statement was not a generalization, it was a caricature. There are plenty of young people who want to work, and a small minority that fall into your generalization. Once you apply a generalization incorrectly to a larger population it becomes a caricature.

            Maybe you should switch to a primarily fish diet? I hear the omega-3s are good for the brain.

            • (Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 30 2017, @06:41PM (4 children)

              by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 30 2017, @06:41PM (#486676)

              The guy literally brags about not learning anything in school.
              Nearly every post he makes demonstrates that he's not lying.

              • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 30 2017, @06:50PM (3 children)

                by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 30 2017, @06:50PM (#486680)

                Explains so much... Gee I wonder why a well rounded education is a good thing? If you'd like a real world example just read TMB's comment history! lol

                • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday March 30 2017, @07:55PM (2 children)

                  by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Thursday March 30 2017, @07:55PM (#486702) Journal

                  Yeah, and when he's clearly wrong he'll shit out another 3 or 4 posts consisting of nothing but some lazy fallacious one-liner, if you're lucky, or just resort to calling you SJW or something else equally horrible in his mind. He's obviously got the brains to code, but can't do jack shit else.

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                  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 30 2017, @10:18PM (1 child)

                    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 30 2017, @10:18PM (#486780)

                    Could also be he's one of those people that gets sadistic glee out of trolling people. Never overlook that, its the new favorite past time for angry nerds online!

                    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 30 2017, @10:37PM

                      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 30 2017, @10:37PM (#486788)

                      He clearly thinks trolling people is an accomplishment.
                      At best its just a pyrrhic victory.

  • (Score: 1) by charon on Thursday March 30 2017, @08:06PM

    by charon (5660) on Thursday March 30 2017, @08:06PM (#486711) Journal

    Finding good help is as hard as it's ever been in the trades.

    You're absolutely correct about this, with the proviso that it's not just trades. I work in retail, and there are plenty of people in my store who are just warm bodies.