I got a question about this statistic

[Jonyx]

There are around 7.000.000.000 people in the world.There are around 60.000.000 deaths a year.
1.000.000 commit suicide every year.What is right to assume- That 1 out of 7.000 people commit suicide or 1 out of 60 people commit suicide?

I am having a hard time with that. Could someone help me?

 

[AlephNumbers]

It would be that 1 out of 60 deaths are suicide, and 1 out of 7000 people commit suicide. I don't know how accurate these statistics are, though.

 

[Jonyx]

Ok. forgive me. Its just approximate statistics.

I don't know why I am having a hard time with that. I simply can't understand.

These are death statistics. I mean. Since EVERYBODY will die someday. All alive population will die. Is it correct to say that 1 in 60 people will EVER die by suicide or 1 out of 7000 will ever die by suicide?

 

[Borg]

1 out of 7000 people commit suicide

That should say "1 out of 7000 people commit suicide each year"

 

[AlephNumbers]

Right. An important distinction.