SuicideWatch: Proposal
Suicide rates are at their highest since WWII. Close to 800 000 people die due to suicide globally every year, which is one person every 40 seconds. Suicide is a global phenomenon and occurs throughout the lifespan. In Singapore, suicide is the leading cause of death for those aged 10-29. Females are more likely to be diagnosed with depression and attempt suicide, but males accounted for more than 71% of all suicides in Singapore in 2018. The steady suicide figures signals the presence of an unseen epidemic, one that silently tips people over the edge. While most push the blame to depression, there is no one size fits all explanation when it comes to suicide. Can suicide rates be simply mapped to the Happiness Index or GDP per Capita? Or is there more than meets the eye?
In this project, we are interested to create a visualization that helps analysts perform the following:
- Explore suicides rates in each country
- Explore if there is a correlation between the suicide rate and happiness index
- Explore suicide demographic of each country
- Compare the political climate of each country
- Establish possible correlations of each country’s suicide with its GDP and the include of social media / technological advancements
By conducting the analysis, it allows respective policy makers, government or intelligence agencies to better identify potential linkages between how well a country is governed (political climate) and the potential for future terrorist attacks. If a link between how well a country is governed and the occurrence of terrorist attacks could be established, policy makers and government agencies can take steps to improve the political conditions/way in which their country is governed. By targeting at a potential root cause of terrorist attacks, it aims to reduce the number of terrorist attacks happening across different parts of the world.
