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1. DeadKennedy (eldeadkennedy@shitposter.club)'s status on Monday, 02-Oct-2023 02:32:55 JST DeadKennedy

   • cool_boy_mew
   • Ennui
   @coolboymew @meowski @iwillbite I found the source, these are the categories they considered for each state:
   
   
   Poor Mental Health Days (30% weight) – The average number of mentally unhealthy days reported in the past 30 days, retrieved from The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).
   
   Mental Health Provider Ratio (20% weight) – Ratio of population to mental health providers, retrieved from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) National Provider Identification Registry.
   
   Suicide Rate of 15-24 Age Group (10% weight) – The average number of intentional self-harm deaths per 100,000 in the 15-24 age group from 2018-2021, retrieved from the CDC National Center for Health Statistics National Vital Statistics System.
   
   Unemployment Rate (10% weight) – Percentage of population ages 16 and older unemployed but seeking work, retrieved from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
   
   Violent Crime Rate (10% weight) – Number of reported violent crime offenses per 100,000 population, retrieved from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program.
   
   Disconnected Youth Rate (10% weight) – Percentage of teens and young adults ages 16-19 who are neither working nor in school, therefore at an increased risk of violence, smoking, alcohol consumption and marijuana use, and may have emotional deficits and less cognitive and academic skills than their peers who are working and/or in school, retrieved from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS), 5-year estimates.
   
   Access to Exercise Opportunities (5% weight) – Percentage of population with adequate access to locations for physical activity, such as public parks and exercise facilities, retrieved from Business Analyst, ESRI, YMCA & U.S. Census Tigerline Files.
   
   Air Pollution (5% weight) – Average daily density of fine particulate matter in micrograms per cubic meter (PM2.5), retrieved from the CDC’s National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network.
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   • cool_boy_mew (coolboymew@shitposter.club)'s status on Monday, 02-Oct-2023 02:33:37 JST cool_boy_mew

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     • Ennui
     @ElDeadKennedy @meowski @iwillbite
     
     > Poor Mental Health Days (30% weight) – The average number of mentally unhealthy days reported in the past 30 days, retrieved from The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).
     
     ?????????
   • DeadKennedy (eldeadkennedy@shitposter.club)'s status on Monday, 02-Oct-2023 02:34:51 JST DeadKennedy

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     • cool_boy_mew
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     @coolboymew @iwillbite @meowski idk about that one either. Also why only suicide rate of 15-24 age group? Why not entire population suicide rate?
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   • DeadKennedy (eldeadkennedy@shitposter.club)'s status on Monday, 02-Oct-2023 02:36:12 JST DeadKennedy

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     • cool_boy_mew
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     @coolboymew @iwillbite @meowski also you'd think the suicide rates would have more weight than the mental health provider ratio, but idk
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