suicide-rates

• run suicide-app.R using Rscript ‒ or just type ./suicide-app.R
• visit localhost:1337

Data Source

Suicide Rates 1985-2016

Description of Data

The datasource gives an overview of suicides in different countries, mostly America, Europe and Australia. The suicides are further distinguished by gender, gdp, population, age and generation.

Attributes

• country
• year
• sex
• age
• suicides_no
• population
• suicides/100k pop
• country-year
• HDI for year
• gdp_for_year ($)
• gdp_per_capita ($)
• generation

Research Questions

Based on the information available we assume there to be a correlation between gdp per capita and the number of suicides in a country. There should also be different suicide rates depending on generation. The countries can also be compared with each other.