Actually I was half right.
Note the fine print of the map:
Based on death data from 2000 through 2006, this US map of the
smoothed, county-level, age-adjusted suicide rates indicate that
suicide rates are highest in the western and northwestern regions of
the United States. There is also a notable pattern of high suicide
rates among counties in the central areas of the midwest and southern
regions and in central Florida.
They may be lower in density but they are not the norm. The areas I
was most familiar with (upper midwest) showed a lower suicide rate.
Also statistics can be misleading.
1 suicide in an area of 300 is 1/300 of the population but it is
still one. 10 suicides in a area of 10,000 is 1/1,000. Not as large
a statistical number but it is in reality over 3 times as many suicides.
I have dealt with the aftermath of suicide and it is never a fun
topic nor easy to explain. Many things go into it.
Stewart
At 10:09 PM 4/30/2010, you wrote:
Actually, the holiday suicide idea is a media-perpetuated falsehood:
<http://www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/suicide.asp>
And I posted about this yesterday, but somehow the post didn't make
it to the list: Stewart was wrong about suicide increasing
with population density. It's exactly the opposite. Massachusetts,
New York, New Jersey and DC are among the most densely
populated states and have some of the lowest suicide rates,
while Alaska, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana have some of the
higher rates and are among the least densely populated.
If you want to see it visually by county, look at the two maps here
of the suicide rate and population density:
<http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/suicide/statistics/suicide_map.html>
<http://www.mapofusa.net/us-population-density-map.htm>
You'll see a very good correspondence between low population
density and high suicide rates or between high population density and
low suicide rates. And it's not just the US, it seems to be a
worldwide phenomenon:
<http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=10398&page=36>
In China, the contrast between the rural and urban suicide
rates is particularly extreme.
> From: Jeff Miles <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: illegal search warrant?
>
> This is purely anecdotal, but aren't holidays the highest rate =
> for suicide, regardless of population size. Of course trying to =
> reinstall Windows probably should be lumped in there some place.=20
>
>
> Jeff Miles
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> On Apr 29, 2010, at 3:36 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
>
>> I believe that statistics show that the suicide rate increases the =
> higher density the population.
>> =20
>> Also during highly stressed conditions.
>> =20
>> Stewart
>> =20
>> =20
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