For one thing, your article is based of news reports. 2nd, it searched for athletes and did not separate by age, so they're all lumped together, teens and YA's. According to the article itself, increased reporting could affect his assessment. That being said, I'd like to see if any of these deaths included drugs or steroids.
Well yes, but that's what people are basing their statements on. There is no definitive data source as far as I'm aware - at least not one publicly accessible. The raw data is available, so you can split then up by age and you'll still find the same pattern. And yes, increased reporting one way or the other would impact perception, however there are other studies cited in there that appear to mirror the trend documented in here.
Assuming it is all down to reporting, we then have the question; why the sudden interest, starting apparently in 2016. And what are people basing their statements on, when they say that the incidence rate has gone up significantly? As I mentioned, there doesn't appear to be a definitive data source, so it seems to be based on news reports.
Also, what caused these incidents? Some say 'it's normal' and 'has always happened', however there's reason to be sceptical about such statements. As to drugs - some may well do, although I omitted any where there was reason to believe this may have been the case. If that's a concern, then the same level of scrutiny should be applied now, however for whatever reason, post 2020, such factors no longer seen to matter.
Go for it, the raw data is linked to in the article.
Don't really have to...I know it's inconsequential compared to '21.
OK, well that's not what the data seems to show - at least not in the UK.
Then show it.
I have, in the article.
For one thing, your article is based of news reports. 2nd, it searched for athletes and did not separate by age, so they're all lumped together, teens and YA's. According to the article itself, increased reporting could affect his assessment. That being said, I'd like to see if any of these deaths included drugs or steroids.
Well yes, but that's what people are basing their statements on. There is no definitive data source as far as I'm aware - at least not one publicly accessible. The raw data is available, so you can split then up by age and you'll still find the same pattern. And yes, increased reporting one way or the other would impact perception, however there are other studies cited in there that appear to mirror the trend documented in here.
Assuming it is all down to reporting, we then have the question; why the sudden interest, starting apparently in 2016. And what are people basing their statements on, when they say that the incidence rate has gone up significantly? As I mentioned, there doesn't appear to be a definitive data source, so it seems to be based on news reports.
Also, what caused these incidents? Some say 'it's normal' and 'has always happened', however there's reason to be sceptical about such statements. As to drugs - some may well do, although I omitted any where there was reason to believe this may have been the case. If that's a concern, then the same level of scrutiny should be applied now, however for whatever reason, post 2020, such factors no longer seen to matter.