Covid19 deaths vs. Suicides in DuPage County Illinois.
I wanted to see what kind of & #39;life years& #39; that both Covid19 and Suicides have taken this year. My data comes from the IDPH, the Dupage County Coroner and I used the World Bank & #39;Life Expectancy& #39; for the US. (78.54 years)
Assumptions that needed to be made:
Exact ages are not known and deaths are listed in ten year groups. To make a rough calculation possible I ran everyone& #39;s age as if they were in the middle of that age group. (25 years old, 35, etc.)
Everyone listed in the age groups & #39;80+& #39; have been excluded. Their passing, while always tragic, does not reflect someone who has & #39;died young& #39;. Might they have lived another 20 years? Sure, but that involves conjecture and I don& #39;t believe that helps the discussion. Let& #39;s see.
DuPage has had 207 Covid deaths (victims below the age of 80) and 50 suicides in the same age range. Now the coroner reported that suicides were up 22% and they are. 44 suicides were recorded over the same time in FY 2019.
You may say, "that& #39;s only 6 people" but lets look on..
Let& #39;s look at the number of years & #39;taken& #39; from society by both events and lets do it by age group, side by side.
Covid deaths under 19 - 0
Suicides under 19 -1
Accepting the 22% premise, that& #39;s an ADDITIONAL loss of 7.14 life years for just this county... for our teens.
Covid deaths 20-29 - 0
Suicides - 11 Total life years lost 588.94
Life years lost due to lockdown in this age group, 70.68.

Covid deaths 30-39 - 5 Life years lost 217.7
Suicides - 6 Total life years 261.24. Additional lost due to Covid lockdown 31.34
Covid deaths aged 40-49 - 9 - 301.86 Life years lost.
Suicides - 9 Total years lost 301.86 - Additional lost due to Covid lockdown 36.22

Covid deaths 50-59 - 22 - 517.88 life years lost
Suicides - 10 Total life years lost 235.4 - Additional due to Covid lockdown 28.25
Covid deaths aged 60-69 - 50 - 677 life years lost.
Suicides - 9 Total life years lost 121.86 Additional lost 14.62

Covid deaths 70-79 - 121 - 428.34 Life years lost.
Suicides - 5 Total life years lost 17.7 Additional lost due to Covid lockdown - 2.13
Total ADDITIONAL life years lost to suicide for people under 30 - 77.8 years
Total for Covid for people under 30 - 0
Nobody in my county under 30 has died. Add in the under 40& #39;s, 5 have died.
The INCREASE in suicides was 6...
You might think it& #39;s cold to break things down into numbers... but I believe it helps some (especially me) validate what we have been seeing. The young are bearing a great burden that will ONLY get worse with the approach of winter.
Now the question : Was it & #39;right& #39; to trade those 6 extra lives to attempt to slow the virus spread?
I have been bombarded by people who say & #39;What if your loved one had died from Covid?& #39;
Now I ask, what if your loved one took their own life because of our lockdown?
I& #39;m probably too close to this to see everything objectively. I& #39;ve been too close to the psychological emergencies. They take a toll that extends far beyond what I& #39;ve listed.
Remember that these numbers don& #39;t include overdose deaths.
They don& #39;t include those who don& #39;t seek treatment for other ailments because they were made to be afraid.

There& #39;s no formula to calculate that. There& #39;s no charts or graphs or spreadsheets that will EVER show these losses.

So why did I type this thread...?
So why did I type this thread...?
I& #39;m tired. We started ignoring individual liberties and that& #39;s what scares me. More than Covid ever has or will.

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