The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-10-12
CAUSES OF SUICIDE
STATISTICS COLLECTED FROM
MANY SOURCES.
Numerous Cases Attributable TO Child.
less Neutrality-suspicious. High Among
oermanie Natlons-Msans Of
elf.Destruetion.

Among 100000 suicides Of all
classes, 1t has been found that EOS
married men with children destroyed
their lives; 40 married men without
children; 626 widowers with. and 1904
widowers without children.
With respect to the women, 45 mar.
ried women with, and 1853 without,
children committed suicide. while 104
widows with, and 238 without Of
spring, completed the list.
On the face of things It would ap-
pear that in childless marriages the
number OF men suicides 10 doubled
and in women trebled. Leaving the
case of actual insane persons out Of
count, II would also appear that In
males suicide is more frequent than
In females.
Equally interesting is that phase Of
the subject which deals with the
causes. One table dealing with 6,7S2
cases shows one-seventh caused by
misery, one twenty-flrst part by loss
Of fortune, one forty-third by gamb.
ling, one nineteenth by love AFFAIRS,
one.ninth by domestic troubles, enc
sixty.sixth by fanaticism, and by foil.
ed ambition and remorse one-seventh
and one twentyseventh respectively.
The geography Of suicide Is also Of
high interest. Westcott says the high
est proportion in Europe ia shown by
the Germanic races, Saxony having
"the largest rate Of any country" In
Norway the rate was very large for q
time, its decrease being attributed to
the greater restrictions now laid on
the liquor trahic.
The Celtic races have low rate,
and this IL evinced by the figures for
Ireland and Wales. Mountainous re.
gions are said to show a lower rate
than lowlands. In the highlands OF
Scotland and Wales, and in the high
areas of Switzerland, suicide Is rare.
Times and seasons also operate ap'
parently, to influence the act Of self.
destruction. Roughly speaking, the
curve line Of suicide, calculated
through the year, rises from January
to July, and decreases for the second
half of the year. The maximum peri
DDS have been found to fall in May
June and July. believe, indeed, June
is found to show a marked predomi
nance as suicide month.
One reason for such prominence In
the warm season Of the year is sci
down as represented by the onset o.
hot weather affecting the system ant
tending to disturb mental equilibrium
of the subjects. In 1893 cases noted
in Paris the prevailing hours Of self
destruction were from six a. m. Il
noon and from two to three p. m.
Perhaps one Of the most curious
phases Of this study Is revealed In the
fact already alluded to-namely, tina
different countries to show prefer
ences for different means Of commit
ting suicide from other lands. Thu
most common European method Is b,
means of hanging, but in Italy thii
mode Of self.destruction is rare.
Drowning comes next in order, ant
twice as many women as men perish
in this way each year In Europe
Shooting Is frequent In Italy ant
Switzerland. Cut throat is common II
England and Ireland; 1t does not seen
to constitute anywhere else a frequen
mode of ending life.
Poisoning is specially Anglo-SaxoI
method Of suicide, we are told; whil'
suffocation by the fumes Of carboni
acid gas, inhaled in closed room, Il
very typical of suicide In France.