Letter: Check the data and your compassion before you talk about Utah suicide

I am writing in response to Fred Burton’s letter, which appeared in the June 28 issue of The Tribune. He takes issue with a letter from Jason Chandler, printed June 24, which expressed concern about the 46 percent increase in suicides since 1999. Burton then goes on to say Chandler “forgot to factor in the increase in Utah population — 43 percent since 1999, resulting in a trivial change in the number of suicides.”First of all, Mr. Burton, if you had bothered to check the