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There were 40k suicides in the USA in 2020, and about 20k murders. So statistically, if you die by violence, you killed yourself.



Idk about these numbers.

~38k people died in USA [1] from car crashes. Thats pretty violent but doesn't necessarily count as murder or suicide.

[1]: https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/Publication/8132....


Car crashes aren't typically included in "violent deaths", because the definition of "violence" typically includes intent: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence


I thought about specifying some form of "human induced killing" but couldn't figure out how to word-lawyer it to be the group consisting of "murder + suicide".


Violent deaths are murder suicide and overdose per CDC programs in place at medical examiners




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