• TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world
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    19 days ago

    Interesting how the lower-population US States have a pretty low homicide rate that tends to increase as the population itself increases but in the Canadian Provinces it’s the opposite effect.

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      18 days ago

      The territories look really bad because they have less than 50,000 population each. So Yukon had about 3 total per year, NWT about 4, and Nunavut 3 as well.

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          19 days ago

          You are the one who made it racist. I did not say anything about race nor did I imply anything about race. I said 3 specific cities.

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            19 days ago

            Nah. Looked through your profile. Chock full of dog whistles. Racism be what racists do.

            It’s spelled secede, btw. Racist idiot

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              19 days ago

              I’m sorry for your mental health struggles, I hope you find yourself in better health soon.

              Thank you for the spelling correction autocorrect missed.

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      18 days ago

      i’m not well versed on the causes, i imagine there’s a lot of factors at play. but do i have a friend who lived in DC for a few years, and talking to him about it was whacky.

      i have a specific memory wherein he was just walking around outside while on the phone with me and there was gunfire in the background. i said something like “hey should you be outside right now?” and he, VERY CASUALLY replied “nah that’s a few blocks away, i’ll be fine.”

      • Jay@lemmy.ca
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        19 days ago

        Yup, similar to how one small “city” near me had their stats skewed to look worse than Winnipeg for awhile (the murder capitol of Canada and my hometown) because of one single murder.

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          19 days ago

          Mistaking land mass for population.

          PEI has about as many people as do all 3 territories combined. (Quick search, older stats).

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        18 days ago

        I’m guessing it wasn’t a single murder in each territory. A lot of communities up there are poor, traumatised and isolated, which makes people shootier.

  • Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.ca
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    18 days ago

    Perfect example of the causation fallacy.

    If one were to look at that map out of context, once could say that if the temperature is too cold or too hot, murder rates increase.

    We all know of course it’s a map of economic disparity, and a whole host of other societal concerns contributing. But without the context of any of those things, we’re liable to think that correlation equals causation.

    It’s an important lesson.