mark@unicorn.com wrote:
> According to those WHO figures the suicide rate in Denmark was almost
> three times as high as the US, and four times as high as the US murder
> rate. So a Dane was four times as likely to kill themselves as an American
> to be murdered, and about twice as likely to die a violent death (either
> murder or suicide) as an American.
I posted some statistics earlier, but no one seems to have noticed. My findings do not indicate that U.S. rates are lower than Europe, but quite the opposite. Do you have a source for your figures? Mine show Denmark at 13.4/100,000 for males and 2.3/100,000 for females. The U.S. rates are 21.9/100,000 for males and 3.8/100,000 for females.
Searching the web, I found:
<http://www.lysator.liu.se/nordic/mirror/unicef/insuicid.htm>
Suicide per 100,000 ages 15-24, 1991-1993
Deaths by suicide and self-inflicted injury per 100,000 aged 15-24, 1991-1993
Males Females M/F ratio
(rounded)
Greece 3.8 0.8 5
Portugal 4.3 2.0 2
Italy 5.7 1.6 4
Spain 7.1 2.2 3
Netherlands 9.1 3.8 2
Sweden 10.0 6.7 1
Japan 10.1 4.4 2
Israel 11.7 2.5 5
United Kingdom 12.2 2.3 5
Germany 12.7 3.4 4
Denmark 13.4 2.3 6
France 14.0 4.3 3
Bulgaria 15.4 5.6 3
Czech Rep. 16.4 4.3 4
Poland 16.6 2.5 7
Ukraine 17.2 5.3 3
Hungary 19.1 5.5 3
Austria 21.1 6.5 3
Ireland 21.5 2.0 11
United States 21.9 3.8 6
Belarus 24.2 5.2 5
Canada 24.7 6.0 4
Switzerland 25.0 4.8 5
Australia 27.3 5.6 5
Norway 28.2 5.2 5
Estonia 29.7 10.6 3
Finland 33.0 3.2 10
Latvia 35.0 9.3 4
Slovenia 37.0 8.4 4
New Zealand 39.9 6.2 6
Russian Fed. 41.7 7.9 5
Lithuania 44.9 6.7 7
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