The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-19
SUICIDE STATISTICS.
Childless Marriage cause-Rste
High Among Germanic Nations.

High Among Germanie Nations.
Among 100000 suicides Of all
classes,it has been found that 20j mar
ried men with children destroyed
their lives; 47O married men without
children; 526 widowers with. and I III
0Oi widowers without children.
With respect to the women, 10 mar
ried women with, and 1858 without
children committed suicide, while iOl
widows with. and 23S without off
spring. completed the list.
ON the face OF things. says the II.
lustrated London News. II would ap
pear that in childless marriages the
number OF men suicides is doubled
and In women trebled. Leaving the
case Of actual insane persons out Of
count, 1t 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.first part by loss
OF fortune, one forty.third by gamb
ling, one nineteenth by love affairs,
one. ninth by domestic troubles. one.
sixty.sixth by fanaticism. and by
foiled ambition and remorse one.sev.
enth and one.twenty-seventh respec-
lively.
The geography Of suicide is also OF
high interest. Westcot says the high.
est proportion In Europe Is shown by
the Germanic races. Saxony having
the largest suicide rate OF any coun.
try" In Norway the rate was very
large for a time. It's decrease being at.
tributed to the greater restrictions
now laid on the liquor traffic.
The Celtic races have a low rate.
and this is evidenced by the figures
for Ireland and Wales. Mountainous
regions 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 reasons 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 pc.
RODS have been found to fall In May,
June and July. ! believe. indeed.
June is found to show a marked pre-.
dominance as suicide month.
One reason for such preeminence Is
the warm season of the year Is set
down as represented by the onset OF
hot weather affecting the system and
brium ow the subjects. In 1893 cases
brium o fthe subjects. In 1893 cases
noted in Paris the prevailing hours OF
self'destruction were from 6 a. IN. to
noon and from to 3 p. III.
Perhaps one OF the most curious
places of this study Is revealed In the
fact already alluded to-namely, that
different countries appear to show
preferences for different means OF
committing suicide from other lands
The most common European method
is by means Of hanging, but in Italy
this mode OF self-destruction is rare
Drowning comes next in order, and
twice as many women as men perish
In this way each year in Europe
Shooting is frequent in Italy and in
Switzerland. Cut throat is common In
England and Ireland; II does not seem
10 constitute anywhere else a mode OF
ending life,
Poisoning is specially Anglo.SaX.
ON method OF suicide, we are told;
while suffocation by the fumes of car.
bonic acid gas. inhaled in a closed
room, is very typical OF suicide in
France.