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I don't want to be morose but many of the countries listed also have significant suicide rates. Finland, in particular, has the highest rate in western Europe w
by smackay 16y ago
I don't want to be morose but many of the countries listed also have significant suicide rates. Finland, in particular, has the highest rate in western Europe with Switzerland not far behind. I guess everything comes with a price.
- Lewisham 16y agoMy intuition has always been that the rates are higher in otherwise "happy" countries because the people at risk feel far more isolated from the rest of the populace.
- Alex3917 16y agoThese countries also have much lower rates of self-destructive behaviors, which is what most people with emotional problems in the U.S. do instead of actually killing themselves outright. If you were to count deaths from self-destructive behaviors together with suicides, the U.S. would dwarf every other country.
- yummyfajitas 16y agoI think "every other country" is wildly overstating the case. Here is an article on alchohol and homicide in Russia: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1447353/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1447353/
- henrikschroder 16y agoOr it could be that in these countries suicides are more accurately reported because of it being less of a taboo or sin.