Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-11-15
Suicide Statistics, Cause. And 1s..,,,,..

Suicide Statistics, Causes And Localities.
Among the 1000 600 suicides y, an
classes it has been found that POS maj.
ried men with children DESTROYED tbe;,
lives; 40 married men without cbild,on.
go with, and 1901 vidouora
without children.
With respect to the women. fortx.sro
married women / and 1853 withop,
widows with, aud 23S without ofspr,po
children committed suicide, while N,
CO npleted tho list.
On the face Of thinRe, says the Inuo
trated London News, il would AMMAN.
TINT in childless marriages the pumbsr
OF men suicides is Gouble and in womon
trebleC. Leaving the case OF ac,rol
insane persons ont OF count, It womb
also appear that in males suicide 10
more FREQUENT than liz females
Equally interesting is that phnse u,
the subject which deals with the CAUSES
One table dealing with G,7sl ems
show :ouc seventh caused by misery.
one twenty-tirst part by loss OF Tor In. .,
one fort. third by gambling, one MIN.
tcenth 10y domestic troubles, one sixty
sixth 10y fanaticisru, and by ioiled ambi-
ton and M twenty-seven,h respect
lively.
The geography OF suicide is also q,
high'intcrest. Westcoit says tile biob-
est proportion in Europe Is shown by
the Gcrmanic I&cee, SaXony having -ib.
largest suicide rate OF any country
In Norway the rate wns very large for
Il tune, ite decrease bong attributed 10
the greater restrictions now laid ON the
liquor traffic.
The Celtic raccs have n low rate, and
this If evinced 10y the figures Tor Ireland
and Wnics. Mountainous regions mr.,
-Hii tn shOw "a lower rate than low lands.
Ia the highlands OF Scotland and Wales
and IN the high aTcns Oi Switzerland,
-uicIdc Is rare.
limcs and Seasons also operate Nd.
parently, 10 influence the act Of self
destruction. Roughly speaking, the
curve line Of suicide, calculated through
the year, arises from January to july
and decreases Tor the second hall Of
the yrnr. Tho maximum periods hayo
been found to fall III May, June uLd
July. | believe, indeed, June IL found
: show II marked prcdomluaucc ~ "A
suicide month.
One reason for such prc-emlncncc m
tl.c warm senson Of the year If set down
as presented 10y the onset Of hot weather
affecting the system and tending To- die.
turh the mental equilibrium 81 tho
subI"cts. In 1893 cases noted ia Paris
,hr prevailing hCurs of sclf-Icstr uctiCn
we're from u Il. IN. to noon and from - 10
; p. IN.
Perhaps one Of the most curious
phnsrs Uf this study II revealed III the
TACT already alluded t~o-nhmcly, that
different couDtnca appear to show pre-.
~'crcHces Tor different means OF commit
ting suicide from other lands. The most
common European method is by means
II hanging, hut III Italy this mode Of
Srli-icstructiOn liz rarc.
Drowning comes next III order, and
vice as many women IN mon pcrish ID
this way each ycnr IN Europe, Shoot.
ING IL t;cquent II Italy and in Switzer-
land. Cut throat il common in England
aud Ireland; It does not seem tG cot
~stitutc anywhere else a frequent mode
~ ending lifr.
Poisoning IL II specially hnaIo. Saxon
method OF suicide. we are told, while
-uiIucntIou 10y tie fumes Of carbon'c
acid gna, inhNlcd in II closed room il
very typical II suicide in France.