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minus-squareMidnight1938@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down5·12 days agoIs that percent of the population or per 1000? This is how people generally lie with statistics
minus-squareDoiDoi [comrade/them, he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-212 days agoDo you think 21% of South Koreans are killing themselves every year? lmao It’s per 100,000 which is somewhat standard for this kind of stat. South Korea’s is actually even higher right now at 28.3 for 2024.
minus-squareMentalEdge@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·12 days agoEvery 100 000. This is formatted to imply percentage, but for that the decimal points on these should be moved three digits over. That 16.6 is 0.0166%.
Is that percent of the population or per 1000?
This is how people generally lie with statistics
Do you think 21% of South Koreans are killing themselves every year? lmao
It’s per 100,000 which is somewhat standard for this kind of stat. South Korea’s is actually even higher right now at 28.3 for 2024.
Every 100 000.
This is formatted to imply percentage, but for that the decimal points on these should be moved three digits over.
That 16.6 is 0.0166%.