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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"The average rate for suicide among American college students is about 6.5 to 7.5 per 100,000 people. With seven suicides in 20 months at a school with about 24,000 students, Penn’s rate was more than double the national average"[/quote] I would only be concerned if it was high year after year. A one year higher than average means nothing. Averages are just that - a mean or higher and lower rates. It isn't that every school hits the average every year. You will find that most schools have some years with no suicides, and the next year it might be higher than average, and the next year average and the next lower than average. I would only be concerned if a school consistently had higher than average rates.[/quote]
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