ER Eddie
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Thought I'd cheer you up.
Suicide rates are up. Quite a bit. Among men in their 50's, suicide rates have risen 50%.
Suicides are more common than homicides or car fatalities. And those are just the reported ones (suicide is vastly under-reported).
The causes? Various speculations, but the economy seems to figure prominently -- long-term unemployment, sense that you aren't able to contribute meaningfully, feeling like a burden, plus hopelessness about things changing. Other factors may include the dramatic increase in prescription opiate use and the disconnection created by our relationships becoming increasingly electronic.
Suicide rates are up. Quite a bit. Among men in their 50's, suicide rates have risen 50%.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/03/health/suicide-rate-rises-sharply-in-us.html?_r=0From 1999 to 2010, the suicide rate among Americans ages 35 to 64 rose by nearly 30 percent. [...]
The most pronounced increases were seen among men in their 50s, a group in which suicide rates jumped by nearly 50 percent.
http://www.alternet.org/economy/wha...rate-middle-aged-americans-bad-economy-likelyAmong women, suicide rates increased with age, and the largest percentage increase in suicide rate was observed among those aged 60–64 years, a 59.7 percent increase for this group of women.
Suicides are more common than homicides or car fatalities. And those are just the reported ones (suicide is vastly under-reported).
The causes? Various speculations, but the economy seems to figure prominently -- long-term unemployment, sense that you aren't able to contribute meaningfully, feeling like a burden, plus hopelessness about things changing. Other factors may include the dramatic increase in prescription opiate use and the disconnection created by our relationships becoming increasingly electronic.
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