aeppelcyning@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agoAs U.S. Guns Pour Into Canada, the Bodies Pile Uparchive.isexternal-linkmessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up141arrow-down11
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minus-squareunknownuserunknownlocation@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoMaybe not bodies piling up, but that’s almost a 30% increase per capita, which is pretty significant.
minus-squareQuilotoa@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·1 month agoStill, it doesn’t take into account the per captia as the population has increased greatly in that time period. It also compares with the lowest decade of homicide by guns in a long time. Per capita, the 1970s were higher.
minus-squareunknownuserunknownlocation@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 month agoI factored in the population increase, that’s why I wrote per capita. Without looking at the population increase that’s an increase of exactly 50%.
minus-squareOmgpwnies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoPer capita is by definition adjusting for population change. It literally means “per person”.
Maybe not bodies piling up, but that’s almost a 30% increase per capita, which is pretty significant.
Still, it doesn’t take into account the per captia as the population has increased greatly in that time period. It also compares with the lowest decade of homicide by guns in a long time. Per capita, the 1970s were higher.
I factored in the population increase, that’s why I wrote per capita. Without looking at the population increase that’s an increase of exactly 50%.
Per capita is by definition adjusting for population change. It literally means “per person”.