r/MurderedByWords • u/james_dykeson • Aug 05 '19

Murder Murdered by numbers?

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '19

The London homicide rate was higher than New York for one month at the start of 2018

Two months, actually, but New York had so many more in January that over the three-month period, their murder rate was still higher.

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u/Wild_Marker Aug 05 '19

So it turned out the New York murderers all decided to get their new year's resolution done this year instead of putting it off. Hence the anomaly in the statistic.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '19

"New Year New Me, New Year No You!"

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '19

“I know I should stop killing, but just one more and then I promise I’ll stop”

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u/Strength-InThe-Loins Aug 05 '19

And as far as American cities go, New York has a really low murder rate.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '19

Not all stabbings and acid attacks result in death.

You cant compare murder rates to hospital visits.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '19

...nobody did?

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '19

Yes, they did.

Did you even read what you're responding to?

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '19

Did you? Because you either responded to the wrong post, or you're very confused, since the link I posted states very clearly that it's about homicide rates and not hospital visits.