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Various sources compiled into Wikipedia's List of OECD countries by suicide rate
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Monkey 4th June 2011 |
This data is wrong. I live in Japan and we had 30000 people suicideing almost every year an rate is still increasing. |
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George 9th May 2011 |
Before any country pats itself on the back for having low amounts_ They are using very old data Much has changed in the world regarding suicide from 1994 & 1995 They really need to update this site! |
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Staff Editor 7th April 2011 |
Staff response to Jay, comment posted on 2011-04-06 12:47:37 Hi Jay, there seems to be a reasonable correlation between unhappiness in the general population and suicide. From happiness studies I've seen, kids don't bring much happiness, but of course it's a contentious field. |
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Jay 6th April 2011 |
The discussion of suicide rates as indirect measures of (un)happiness was mildly interesting. But really, if you look at a large number of countries, you see that all the countries under discussion, including my own (the US) were in the mid range of the data. The small differences among them might be partially explained by data collection and definitions of suicide. Plus: what exactly do the acts of say 20 out of 100,000 people say about the happiness of the other 99,980 ? But I would also like to make another point. The fact that much of Europe is not even reproducing itself (GFRs way below 2.11, the replacement rate) suggests a "cultural" suicide. This might be viewed as a kind of unhappiness in itself - a certain kind of pessimism, in my opinion. Or maybe Europeans tend to be happiness consumers, living off the past happiness "surplus" of others !! |
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Michi 20th February 2011 |
Someday I will be part of that list |
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Amy+Becker 24th August 2010 |
Kathy, the two males who replied to you like that are typical of so many males and it shows that they think with the brain that is directly above their testicles that you would to turn to pulp. GOOD for you...GO GIRL! |
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Bob 8th May 2010 |
Sure Kathy :P |
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PJF 1st April 2010 |
It would be interesting to see this along side a table showing use of benzodiazepine and other tranqualizers and antidepressants. I firmly beleive that thier use and subsequest dependance causes increaced tendancy for suicide. Not the other way around. I love the fact that Jamaca is down the end. Sun sand and sensi. Yea. |
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Raphael 13th February 2010 |
You should try reading studies that do give you data collected from around the globe, *including* Africa, like say for example -- A Reza - 2001. Africa in general still pales in comparison to the higher suicide cases and rates in the 'west'. And that uninformed-sounding Tony Vincent might try actually traveling to multiple places Africa, instead of making such bizarre generalizations about "African's picking fruit off a tree and sleeping under it". |
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Raphael 13th February 2010 |
You should try reading studies that do give you data collected from around the globe, *including* Africa, like say for example -- A Reza - 2001. Africa in general still pales in comparison to the higher suicide cases and rates in the 'west'. And that informed-sounding Tony Vincent might try traveling to multiple places Africa, instead of making such bizarre generalizations about "African's picking fruit off a tree and sleeping under it". |
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Raphael 13th February 2010 |
You should try reading studies that do give you data collected from around the globe, *including* Africa. Africa in general still pales in comparison to the higher suicide cases and rates in the 'west'. And that informed-sounding Tony Vincent might try traveling to multiple places Africa, instead of making such bizarre generalizations about "African's picking fruit off a tree and sleeping under it". |
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Clint Herron 29th November 2009 |
@Tony Vincent: I could be wrong, but I think that the reason why African countries aren't listed on this list is because those countries don't report the cause of death when they report statistics to the World Health Organization. I would strongly caution anyone about jumping to conclusions based on a lack of data. |
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Tony Vincent 12th June 2009 |
It's interesting that Africa with the lowest standard of living in most of their countries is only featured in no 79(Egypt). The abundance of basic necessities like food and shelter (Picking fruit off a tree and sleeping under it) may be less stressfull than in a cold industrialised enviornment. |
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