“Isn’t it absolutely essential to keep a fierce Left and fierce Right, both on their toes and each terrified of the other? That’s how we get things done. Any opposition to the NICE is represented as a Left racket in the Right papers and a Right racket in the Left papers. If it’s done properly, you get each side outbidding the other in support of us - to refute the enemy slanders. Of course we’re nonpolitical. The real power always is.”
― From “That Hideous Strength”, by C.S. Lewis, 1945
From 1995 to 2019/20, in a study of 20 major nations , homicides decreased in 75% of them, by an average of 50% (Singapore, Russia, Australia, Italy, Croatia, Germany, Japan, the Philippines, France, India, Spain, Argentina, Belgium, the United States, the U.K., Canada, Brazil, South Korea, Mexico and New Zealand).
One nation, Canada, had no change.
Four of those nations, or 20%, had increases in homicide, by an average of 65% (Brazil, South Korea, Mexico and New Zealand).
Two of those nations, South Korea and New Zealand, have the highest and second highest smartphone and internet penetrations of the surveyed nations.
From 1995 to 2019/20, In a study of 14 major nations (Russia, Canada, Croatia, Belgium, Argentina, Japan, U.K., New Zealand, South Korea, Spain, United States, Mexico, Brazil, and India), suicide increased in eight of them, or 57% by an average of 30.8% (U.K.
New Zealand, South Korea, Spain, United States, Mexico, Brazil, India).
During that same time period, suicide decreased in 6 of those 14 nations, or 43%, by an average of 18.8% (Russia, Canada, Croatia, Belgium, Argentina, Japan).
We’re going to need the help of a statistics professional to take this forward, obviously.
The data below stops in its tracks where I was when I got to crafting this e-mail. This is a work in progress, obviously.
But I’m making headway, nevertheless.
HOMICIDE BY NATION
From 1995 to 2020, the homicide rate in Singapore decreased by 88% , from 1.53 per 100,000 to .17 per 100,000.
From 1995 to 2020, the homicide rate in Russia decreased by 85% from 30.8 per 100,000 to 4.7 per 100,000.
From 1995 to 2020, the homicide rate in Italy decreased by 73% from 1.77 per 100,000 to .47 per 100,000.
From 1995 to 2020, the homicide rate in Croatia decreased by 72% from 3.6 per 100,000 to 1 per 100,000.
From 1995 to 2020, murders in New York City decreased by 68%, from 1,550 to 500.
From 1995 to 2020, the homicide rate in Germany decreased by 63%, from 2.5 to .93.
From 1995 to 2020, the homicide rate in Australia decreased by 56% , from 1.98 per 100,000 to .87 per 100,000.
From 1995 to 2020, the homicide rate in Japan decreased by 56% , from .57 per 100,000 to .25 per 100,000.
From 1994 to 2019, the homicide rate in the Philippines decreased by 53% , from 9.45 per 100,000 to 4.41 per 100,000.
From 1995 to 2020, the homicide rate in France decreased by 42%, from 2.31 per 100,000 to 1.35 per 100,000.
From 1995 to 2019, the homicide rate in India decreased by 39% , from 4.81 per 100,000 to 2.95 per 100,000.
From 1995 to 2020, the homicide rate in Spain decreased by 38%, from 1.03 per 100,000 to .64 per 100,000.
From 2001 to 2020, the homicide rate in Argentina decreased by 36% , from 8.39 per 100,000 to 5.35 per 100,000.
From 1995 to 2020, the homicide rate in Belgium decreased by 28% from 1.39 per 100,000 to 1 per 100,000.
From 1995 to 2020, the homicide rate in the U.K. decreased by 18% , from 1.55 per 100,000 to 1.12 per 100,000.
From 1995 to 2019, murders in the United States decreased by 16% , from 19,650 to 16,425.
From 1995 to 2020, the homicide rate in Canada remained flat, from 2 per 100,000 to 2 per 100,000.
From 1995 to 2020, the homicide rate in Brazil increased by 7%, from 20.99 per 100,000 to 22.45 per 100,000.
From 1995 to 2020, the homicide rate in South Korea increased by 20%, from .5 per 100,000 to .6 per 100,000.
From 1995 to 2020, the homicide rate in Mexico increased by 67% , from 17.03 per 100,000 to 28.37 per 100,000.
From 1995 to 2019, the homicide rate in New Zealand increased by 148%, from 1.06 per 100,000 to 2.63 per 100,000.
SUICIDE BY NATION
From 1995 to 2000, the suicide rate in Russia decreased by 39% , from 41.4 per 100,000 to 25.1 per 100,000.
From 1995 to 2020, suicides in Canada decreased by 25%, from 13.5 per 100,000 to 10.1 per 100,000.
From 2000 to 2018, the suicide rate in Croatia decreased by 21% from 20.8 to 16.4 per 100,000.
Belgium from 2000 to 2019, suicides in Belgium decreased by 16.8% , from to 22.0 to 18.3 per 100,000.
From 2000 to 2019, the suicide rate in Argentina decreased by 8% , from 9.1 to 8.4 per 100,000.
From 1995 to 2020, the suicide rate in Japan decreased by 3% , from 17.2 to 16.7 per 100,000.
From 2000 to 2020, suicides in the U.K. increased by 3% , from 5,070 to 5,224.
From 1998 to 2020, suicides in New Zealand increased by 3%, from 574 to 591.
From 2004 to 2020, suicides in South Korea increased by 8%, from 23.8 per 100,000 to 25.7 per 100,000.
From 1995 to 2020, suicides in Spain increased by 20%, from 3,285 to 3,941 per 100,000.
From 2000 to 2018, suicides in the United States increased by 35%, from 10.4 per 100,000 in 2000 to 14.2 per 100,000.
From 2000 to 2020, suicides in Mexico increased by 51% , from 3.5 to 5.3 per 100,000.
From 2000 to 2019, suicides in Brazil increased by 55%, from 4.0 to 6.19 per 100,000.
From 1995 to 2020, suicides in India increased by 72% , from 89,178 suicides to 153,052.
SMARTPHONE PENETRATION BY NATION
In 2022, smartphone penetration in New Zealand is 96%.
In 2019, smartphone penetration in Japan was 92.7%.
In 2022, smartphone penetration in South Korea is 92%.
In 2020, smartphone penetration in Belgium was 80%.
In 2022, smartphone penetration in the U.K. is 78.9%.
In 2022, smartphone penetration in the Unites States is 81.6%.
In 2021, smartphone penetration in Brazil was 75.6%.
In 2020, smartphone penetration in Spain was 73%.
In 2022, smartphone penetration in Russia is 70.1%.
In 2019, smartphone penetration in Argentina was 70%.
In 2022, smartphone penetration in Croatia was 67.95%.
In 2017, smartphone penetration in Canada was 65%.
In 2020, smartphone penetration in Mexico was 60%.
in 2020, smartphone penetration in Japan was 59%.
In 2020, smartphone penetration in India was 54%.
INTERNET PENETRATION BY NATION
In 2020, internet penetration in South Korea was 96.5%.
In 2019, internet penetration in Canada was 96.5%.
In 2020, internet penetration in the U.K. was 94.8%.
In 2020, internet penetration in Spain was 93.2%.
In 2019, internet penetration in Japan was 92.7%.
In 2020, internet penetration in Belgium was 91.5%.
In 2017, internet penetration in New Zealand was 90.7%.
In 2019, internet penetration in the United States was 89.4%.
In 2020, internet penetration Russia was 85%.
In 2020, internet penetration in Croatia was 78.3.
In 2017, internet penetration in Argentina was 74.3%
In 2019, internet penetration in Brazil was 73.9%.
In 2020, internet penetration in Mexico was 73.9%.
In 2019, internet penetration in India was 41%.
SMARTPHONE AND INTERNET PENETRATION TOTAL
South Korea - 188.5
New Zealand - 186.7
U.K. - 173.7
Belgium - 171.5
United States - 171
Spain - 166.2
Canada - 161.5
Russia - 155.1
Japan 151.7
Brazil - 149.5
Croatia - 146.25
Argentina - 144.3
Mexico - 133.9
India - 95
HOMICIDE AND SUICIDE TOTAL
New Zealand: 151
New Zealand, with the second highest technology total, has the highest killing total.
Brazil: 62
India: 33
South Korea: 28
U.K.: 15
United States: 11
Spain: -18
Canada: -25
Argentina: -44
Japan: -53
Croatia: -93
Russia: -118
Singapore:
Belgium:
TECHNOLOGY TOTAL PLUS KILLING TOTAL
New Zealand: 186.7 + 151 = 337.70
South Korea: 188.5 + 28 = 216.50
Belgium: 171.5 + 11 = 182.5
United States: 171 + 11 = 182
U.K.: 173.7 + 15 = 178.7
Jeff Miller, Gurnee, IL, August 18, 2022
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