The Cairo bulletin., 1908-05-25
SUICIDE STATISTICS.
Chifdioas Marriages cause--Rala
tiGn Among uermaaic Nations.

tiGn Among nernaais Nations.
Among I,ee).000 suicides OF al
| cla2sea. II nao been found that ~
| ma.iltI n!eu with chitcren destroyed
| II cir lives. 40 married men without
Children; $40 gidowers with and 4,lV'
wiQoWe1s without children.
With respect TO the wcmen. As mar
ried women with and l5S without
children committed suicide, while lO4
willows with. and Us without or
spring, completed the list,
On the IGCe Of things, says the II
luatrated London News, It would APP
pear that in childiess marriages The
number OF men suicides is doubled
ana in women trebIcd Leaving the
case Of actually insane persons ont Oh
count il would also appear that III
males suicide is more frequent than
in females,
Equally interesting is that phase oil
the subicrt which deals with the
causes. One table dealing with 6.tS2
cases SHOWS one-seyentn caused by
misery. one twenty-lirst part by loss
of fortune, one forty-rhird by gamo-
ling, one nineteenth by love affairs,
1ne-ninth by domestic troubles, one
sixty-sixth by fanaticism, and by
foiled ambition and remofse one-seV-
enth aud one twentyseyenth respect
lively
The geography of suicide is also Of
high interest Westcott says the
highest proportion in Europe IS
shown by the Gernanic races, Sax
ony having the largest suicide rate
of amy country In Norway the rate
was very large for a time, its de-
crease being attributed to the greater
restrictions now laid on the liquor
traffic
The Celtic races have low rate,
and this is eyinced 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, APP
parently to influence the act of self
destruction. Roughly Speaking, the
curve line of suicide, calculated
through the year, rises from January
O July. and decreases for the sec
,vd hale - ~, ,vcnr rrbo t,,a x-fn1s1,y,
periods have been found to fall in
May. June and July. l believe in
iced June is found to show marked
as a suicide month.
One reason for such prominence in
he warm season of the year is set |
Town as represented by the onset Of |
OF weather affecting the system ard /
ending to disturb the mental equil- /
brium of the subjects. In 1898 cases |
loted in Paris the prevailing hours /
# self-destruetiou were from a. m. |
o noon and from 10 8 p. m.
Perhaps one of the most curious /
ihases Of this study is revealed in
he fact already alluded to--namely,
hat different countries appear to
how preferences for different means
1 committing suicide from other
ands. The most common European
Methods is by means of hanging but
a Italy this mode OF self-destruction
} rare.
Drowning comes next In order, and
vice as many women as men perish
this way each year in Europe
hooting is frequent in Italy and in
witzerland. Cut throat Is common in
'ngland and Ireland: it does not seem
D constitute anywhere else a fire.
uent mode Of ending life.
Poisoning Is specially Anglo
axon method Of suicide, we are told;
lille suffocation by the fumes of car
onic acid gas, inhaled in a closed !
pom. is very typical of suicide in
rance