The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14
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twice as heavily as the automobile as
cause of violent death.
Starvation and privatfon are tho least
Of the enumerated causes Of violent death
and this showing Is truly a tribute to a
prosperous nation. especially when we
reflect that only one OF us In million an
that five times as many are sacrificed 10
cold and freezing as TO starvation and prl-
walton is probably due to the fact that
the former class OF unfortunates arc
largely persons who have become lost in
winter storms subjected to intense cold
by other causes than inability TO pur-
chase fuel
This interesting information has beer
collected for us by DR.. Cressy l.. VIII
| bur, chief of the office OF vital statistics
| In the census bureau. Besides being a
medical man he is Il skilled statistician,
and was chief OF the Michigan state bu-
| reau of vital statistics before coming tc
| Washington 10 succeed the late Henry
King. an indefatigable genius who foi
many years collected data OF deaths and
disease for the census Office.
Suicide Causes Most Violent Deaths
Suicide is discovered By Or. Wilbur tc
now be our chief source OF violent death.
filling rlanv moro graves than even the
! locomotive and abou: as many as fire
| and water acting together.
! In each hundred thousand Of US. clsh-
taking their own lives. where onlv hit
| teen and n hall are killed on the rail-
roads. we are having. nearly twice MS
many suicides as accidental drowninSs.
| and considerably over twice rs manv are
| taking their own lives as arc sacriiieei
to fire.
In our country. while shooting! is ar ex
tremely close second either OF these
means claiming more tran twice as many
victims as hanging. while the next srea'-
/ ct number take gas, and considerably
fewer still use the knife. Very nearly
as MANY drown themselves as cut them
selves to death. the. number OF those
jumping overheard being ono or r= in n
hundred thousand. Less than n third ot
this proportion commit suicide b. iur'p-
Ing from windows and other high niaces
while the least number OF Sll-only ore
In million Of us-lng themselves In
front OF trains or elect TO have them
selves otherwise crushed 10 death.
Our woman suicides prefer poison 10
any other agency Of self-destruction
while men prefer shooting. according q
Prof William B. BAILEY Of Yale, who
The suicide age OF women Is younger
than that of men. he finds. and the ia
yorite day of the week for males to take
.heir own lives is Monday. following the
usual period OF ocbauch lasting over Sat-
urday night and Sunday. our woman
suicides, on the other hand prcfer Sum
day, when the family is together for the
day, giving greater opportunity for quar-
rels. especially as the husband IS then
more liable to be Intoxicated. Quite n
tribute. indeed, to the American Sabbath,
but one which is doubtless deserved!
Almost third as many OF US nre
killed by murderers and other homl-
cides by innlctlng death upon
ourselves. and our chances OF being thus
slain by others are nearly twice as great
as those OF being killed by trolley cars.
gas or poison. More than three times
as many OF us are victims of homicide
as of accidental shooting. Nearly seven
In each hundred thousand Of us die from
murder or homicide In q year.
Summing up all OF your dangers. from
Dr. WNhsr's figures, you are more than
! thirteen times as liable to be killed by
, disease as by violent death. and yet
nearly four times more likely TO die u
violent denth than to waste away from
old age