Big Fitz
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Mexicans don't get a chance to suicide. Someone is more than willing to kill them first. Of course if you want to do something similar, compare murder rates of areas that voted for Obama and those who voted for McCain. Does this mean being liberals causes a murder rate?1) No, it's not remarkably high. The suicide rate in Switzerland is about 15 out of every 100,000 people. By contrast, the rate in the US is about 11.5 out of every 100,000 people. So the Swiss have a slightly higher rate than us. That's not remarkably high. The Swiss do have a high rate of suicide by gun in comparison to the rest of Europe. But, all of this is attributable to several additional factors. The Swiss have some of the easiest access to guns in all of Europe. So it's only natural that they'll have higher rates of suicide by gun, while other European countries have higher rates of other means. Also, Switzerland has legal assisted suicide for a variety of things. So every cancer patient who decides to end their life for medical reasons becomes a part of the official suicide rate. There is also the "suicide tourism" that has emerged from Switzerland's right-to-die-friendly laws, which artificially contribute to their suicide rate. And finally, the overall population in Switzerland is much less than the US population, which tends to artificially create an slightly higher rates. All these things taken into consideration, it's probably safe to expect a REAL reflection of suicide in Switzerland would show they are less likely to commit suicide than we are.
2) Suicide is almost always a matter of mental health. It has nothing to do with "living well." People who have "great" lives can suffer from clinical depression or other major mental illnesses, which can drive them to attempt suicide. Even if we were simply take Switzerland's suicide rate on face value, and ignore the full consideration of all the circumstances, a higher suicide rate in Switzerland would be entirely useless in determining how "well" the Swiss live. It would, at best, imply their mental health services are less effective than our own.
I didn't say it was 'remarkably high'. Read, comprehend, comment.
I said it was remarkably high considering they 'live better'. If they live better, one would expect them to have a lower suicide rate than us. Logic. They don't. They have a higher rate. Got that? Good.
So your suggesting there is a direct correlation between living better and suicide rate?
United states 11 (per 100,000)
Mexico 4.0
translation - California Girl thinks mexico has a higher standard of living then the US does.
Do you understand the concept of correlation versus causality?