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I have seen multiple stats and farmers were never on top of suicides. It was either miners or doctors (anesthesiologist the most).

• churchill 1y ago
  It's so prevalent that Wikipedia has dedicated pages for specifically American, [0] Indian, [1] and Canadian [2] farmer suicides. In the US, farmer suicide rates are 3.5* the general population. The rate for the general population is between 2-4%, so for farmers it'd be 7%-14%, comparable to the rate for anesthesiologists, at 7%-17%. For physicians, it's just over 1%. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmers%27_suicides_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmers%27_suicides_in_the_Uni... [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmers%27_suicides_in_India https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmers%27_suicides_in_India [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmers%27_suicides_in_Canada https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmers%27_suicides_in_Canada
  • watwut 1y ago
    And yet, the top list of suicide per occupation do not have farmers. Miners, doctors, construction are higher.