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Title: Middle-aged women drive rise in U.S. suicides: study
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URL Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081021/hl_nm/us_suicide_usa
Published: Oct 21, 2008
Author: Maggie Fox
Post Date: 2008-10-21 11:41:14 by richard9151
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It's the economy, stupid. By Maggie Fox, Health And Science Editor – 1 hr 21 mins ago WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. suicide rates appear to be on the rise, driven mostly by middle-aged white women, researchers reported on Tuesday. They found a disturbing increase in suicides between 1999 and 2005 and said the pattern had changed in an unmistakable way -- although the reasons behind the change are not clear. The overall suicide rate rose 0.7 percent during this time, but the rate for white men aged 40 to 64 rose 2.7 percent and for middle-aged women 3.9 percent, the team at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore found. "The biggest increase that we have seen between 1999 and 2005 was the increase in poisoning suicide in women -- that went up by 57 percent," said Susan Baker, a professor in injury prevention with a special expertise in suicide. Writing in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Baker, Guoqing Hu and colleagues said they analyzed publicly available death certificate data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "The results underscore a change in the epidemiology of suicide, with middle-aged whites emerging as a new high-risk group," Baker said in a statement. "Historically, suicide-prevention programs have focused on groups considered to be at highest risk -- teens and young adults of both genders as well as elderly white men. This research tells us we need to refocus our resources to develop prevention programs for men and women in their middle years." Suicide is the 11th leading cause of death in the United States and Baker said the changes are substantial. "Definitely these are not just little blips," she said in a telephone interview. "We are looking at a big population change." She hopes other researchers will study the reasons behind the shifts. "I certainly think we need research to look at the information that we have on people who have committed suicide," she said. "Are these people living alone, with no major responsibility or others to take care of, or are they people overwhelmed with all of the jobs and responsibilities they have? We need to find out more about the conditions under which these people are living." The middle-aged women and men used various methods to kill themselves -- poisons, prescription drugs, hanging or suffocation, and firearms, Baker said. While firearms remain the most common method, the rate of gun suicides decreased while suicide by hanging or suffocation increased by 6.3 percent among men, and 2.3 percent among women. In September researchers confirmed an 18 percent spike in youth suicides in the United States in 2004 persisted into 2005 after more than a decade of decreases. And international research published in January found that the young, single, female, poorly educated and mentally ill are all at higher risk of suicide. According to the World Health Organization, suicide rates have increased by 60 percent in the last 45 years. Depression is the leading cause of suicide.
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#1. To: richard9151 (#0)
Is that why it's hard to find a middle aged women to date? They're all offing themselves?
I shall not vote for evil, lesser or otherwise. I agree it's predominantly due to the economy. Women expect more creature comforts than most men do. Note I said "most."
“I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I could only transmit to posterity the reputation of an honest man.” - Sam Houston
And what is the most common response of the Medico/Pharmaceutical Complex? Prescribe Anti-Depressants. What is one of the well documented side effects of Anti-Depressants? Suicide. Antidepressants a Suicide Risk for Young Adults - washingtonpost.com Antidepressants & Suicide, FDA Warns - Depression Symptoms, Causes ... "The difference between an honorable man and a moral man is that an honorable man regrets a discreditable act even when it has worked and he is in no danger of being caught." ~ H. L. Mencken
Another item to add to the smirk legacy.
I'm not surprised. Have you ever tried living with one?
Several years ago I was watching some sort of coroner program on cable, where the coroner mentioned men shot themselves in the head, and woman shot themselves in the heart. Then a dead middle-aged woman was shown lying on a slab. She was pudgy and plain. I had this sudden vision of her with no husband, no boyfriend, no children, and no hope of any of them. Probably had some dead-end job, drove to her empty apartment in her used Datsun, and watched TV on Friday and Saturday. And that was going to be her life...for the rest of her life I could be wrong, but that is exactly the first thing I thought.
Freepers: hearts full of hate and cowardice, and skulls full, to quote a favorite saying of one of their favorite cowards, of mush.
I suspect that you are pretty close, with one exception; she was probably divorced as well. It is the added economic pressure, the divorce, nothing to live for, all of it added together. Makes it pretty plain why divorce is condemned by Almighty God, with one exception.
When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest.
The bizarre thing is, most of the time women instigate the divorce. What do they think, that a divorced middle-aged woman is going to find guys all over her? Hardly.
Freepers: hearts full of hate and cowardice, and skulls full, to quote a favorite saying of one of their favorite cowards, of mush.
I am sure that is true is some cases, but in the cases that I am familiar with, the woman was not the instigator in a single one. And, God does not make a distinction between man and woman; no one is to be divorcing, except for that one reason.
When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest.
Only in states with alimony, I'd bet.
Where are the statistics? Surely the absolute numbers of suicides should be included (rather than just percentage changes)! So I guess the number of suicides must detract from the intended impact of this story.
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According to the World Health Organization, suicide rates have increased by 60 percent in the last 45 years. Depression is the leading cause of suicide.
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U.S. suicide rates appear to be on the rise, driven mostly by middle-aged white women, researchers reported on Tuesday.
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#7. To: Turtle (#6)
I could be wrong, but that is exactly the first thing I thought.
#8. To: richard9151 (#7)
Makes it pretty plain why divorce is condemned by Almighty God, with one exception.
#9. To: Turtle (#8)
The bizarre thing is, most of the time women instigate the divorce.
#10. To: Turtle (#8)
The bizarre thing is, most of the time women instigate the divorce.
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