Showing posts with label Index. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Index. Show all posts

Monday, March 4, 2019

UU A Way Of Life ministries index - Renewable energy


  • Percentage of U.S. power generation from renewables in 2018 = 18%
  • Percentage of U.S. power generation from renewables hoped for in 2030 according to the New Green Deal = 100%
  • Year that U.S. must get started on achieving carbon neutral status to avoid catastrophe = 2020.
  • Biggest hope to avoid climate disaster = citizens supporting clean new deal government officials at all levels of government: city, county, state, country, world
Unitarian Univeralists covenant together to affirm and promote the respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.

Monday, November 19, 2018

UU A Way Of Life ministries - How many Americans kill each other and themselves with guns?


  • Number of firearm homicides in U.S. 2015 - 2016 = 27,394
  • Number of firearm suicides in U.S., 2015-2016 = 44,955
  • Number of firearm homicides in U.S. among persons 10 - 19 in 2015-2016 = 3,224
  • Number of firearm suicides in U.S. among persons 10 -19 = 2,115


When Major Metropolitan Statistical Areas MSAs are compared between 50 largest metropolitan areas there is wide variability in firearm homicide deaths.


  • Number of firearm homicide deaths 2015-2017 in the Providence Warwick = 1.1/100,000
  • Number in New Orleans/Metairie = 16.6/100,000
  • Average number for all 50 MSAs = 4.9/100,000
  • Number of MSAs were rate of firearm homicide rate increased from 2012-2013 and 2015-2016 = 43/50
  • Percentage of males as firearm homicide victims during both reporting periods = 85%
Editor's note:
Just as the human body can manifest symptoms of illness, so a social body can manifest symptoms of illness. The social body of the United States is manifesting symptoms of spiritual illness in the form of increasing homicide and suicide rates. These observations are often interpreted as public health problems and political problems and here at UU A Way Of Life ministries we interpret these observations through a spiritual lens.

UUs covenant together to affirm and promote seven principles. In looking at firearm homicide and suicide rates we might apply our principles of inherent worth and dignity of every person, and  justice, equity, and compassion in human relations and conclude that the basic principles of our UU faith are being ignored and not even perceived, let alone understood, as important builing blocks of covenantal relationships intended to sanctify the world by helping people live holy and happy lives.

Unitarian Univeralists have a message of hope to share with the beleagured and weary world in which it finds itself a part. How can we shine our light in a more focused way to help the people living in darkness?

Sunday, November 18, 2018

UU A Way Of Life ministries index - Suicide rates by method and by state

Number of states with an Increase in rate of suicide over 30%  since 1999 = 25
Percentage of suicides accomplished by a firearm = 48.5%
Percentage of suicides accomplished by hanging/stangulation, suffocation = 26.9%
Percentage of suicides accomplished by poisoning = 10.4%
States with the highest suicide rate in 2016 = Montana, Alaska, Wyoming
States with the lowest suicide rate in 2016 = New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts


Saturday, November 17, 2018

UU A Way Of Life ministries index - Suicide rate in the U.S. in 2016



  • Number of suicide deaths in the U.S. in 2016 = 45,000
  • Number of people killed by homicide in U.S. in 2015 = 17,000
  • Rank of sucide as a leading cause of death of people in whole population in U.S. = 10
  • Rank of sucide as a leading cause of death of people 10 - 34 = 2
  • Rank of suicide as leading cause of death of people 35 - 54 = 4



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