Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for September 12, 2018
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September 12, 2018: Twenty-one (21.1) out of every 100,000 U.S. men commit suicide. According to the World Health Organization, 6.4 out of every 100,000 women do the same.[1]
The suicide rates in many other countries are higher, as summarized in this table from Statista:[2]
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- September 11, 2018 – 2-meter-long unmanned boat crosses Atlantic
- September 10, 2018 – 1,190 state legislative incumbents not running for re-election
- September 7, 2018 – 1,400 Americans under age 26 earned $1 million or more in 2016
- September 6, 2018 – 70 percent of rural residents feel misunderstood by urban/suburban residents
- September 5, 2018 – 8 million students chronically absent during 2015-16 school year
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