Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agoCalifornia's youth gun homicide rate dropped 50% between 2006-2022. Over the same period, Texas's rate rose 49% and Florida's rate rose 23%lemmy.worldimagemessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1210arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1208arrow-down1imageCalifornia's youth gun homicide rate dropped 50% between 2006-2022. Over the same period, Texas's rate rose 49% and Florida's rate rose 23%lemmy.worldDavriellelouna@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoSo if I understand that right, the “per 100,000” figures aren’t for the exact populations, but for what the populations would be if the age groups were re-weighted to keep the age demographics constant?
minus-squareidiomaddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 days agoRight, it imposes the collected data on a chosen model population. I wish it told you what that population was, but I don’t see it.
So if I understand that right, the “per 100,000” figures aren’t for the exact populations, but for what the populations would be if the age groups were re-weighted to keep the age demographics constant?
Right, it imposes the collected data on a chosen model population. I wish it told you what that population was, but I don’t see it.