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Utah: Happiest State, Ninth In Suicide, Study Shows
Mid-Utah Radio.com ^ | April 26, 2011 | Brad James

Posted on 04/30/2011 6:16:05 PM PDT by Colofornian

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To: Colofornian

And yet only 58 Homicides in Utah in 2009.

Freaking idiots.

http://extras.sltrib.com/thedead/index.asp


21 posted on 04/30/2011 7:11:08 PM PDT by Utah Binger (Southern Utah where the Inman FReepers Meet July 23 Pray Jim Rob Can Make It)
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To: Utah Binger
And yet only 58 Homicides in Utah in 2009.

Well, don't forget that Mormon theology labels murder as an unforgiveable sin...which is not true in Biblical theology.

Otherwise, David, guilty of manslaughter, would be "out."

Moses...same thing.

I have a feeling that if the Christian church tossed out the Bible and made murder an unforgiveable, the murder rate would go down a bit...

22 posted on 04/30/2011 7:18:41 PM PDT by Colofornian
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To: Colofornian

I brought this up because last Sunday my liberal daughter said that abortion was needed because of rape etc. I pointed out that 60% of black kids are aborted in NYC and that it was Margaret Sangers plan to clean up and get rid of the weeds with eugenics. I also told them that in fifty years there would be no liberals on the planet because of abortion.

Rapes account for about .001 percent of abortions. Idiots have their talking points.


23 posted on 04/30/2011 7:24:16 PM PDT by Utah Binger (Southern Utah where the Inman FReepers Meet July 23 Pray Jim Rob Can Make It)
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To: Utah Binger
Rapes account for about .001 percent of abortions.

Do you have a source?

I would love to have this as a fact.

24 posted on 04/30/2011 7:28:05 PM PDT by Eaker (The problem with the internet, you're never sure of the accuracy of the quotes. Abraham Lincoln '65)
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To: Utah Binger

Looks like only 3279 abortions in 2009

***Mormons? Naaah...they wouldn’t do that.***

I met a California mormon girl in 1971 who told me she had an abortion back in 1968. Well before it was “legal”. Her mom got her the medicine to do the job. Needless to say, I dropped her fast!


25 posted on 04/30/2011 7:31:54 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Click my name. See my home page, if you dare!)
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To: Eaker

.001,That would be 1 out of every 100,000, seems unlikely, or only ten out of a million.


26 posted on 04/30/2011 7:36:46 PM PDT by eastforker
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To: Eaker

it is a national average. Do the math.


27 posted on 04/30/2011 7:46:49 PM PDT by Utah Binger (Southern Utah where the Inman FReepers Meet July 23 Pray Jim Rob Can Make It)
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To: Utah Binger; eastforker
Do the math.

I would prefer a link to a real stat over out of what you have pulled from your ass.

28 posted on 04/30/2011 7:57:18 PM PDT by Eaker (The problem with the internet, you're never sure of the accuracy of the quotes. Abraham Lincoln '65)
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To: Colofornian
I have noticed the higher suicide rates in the mountain states, somebody told me once its because of the wind.

There are places in the mountains where the wind seems to blow constantly and some folks don't seem to be able to handle it...

29 posted on 04/30/2011 8:09:58 PM PDT by montanajoe
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To: Colofornian
"Utah: Happiest State, Ninth In Suicide, Study Shows"

Thrilled to death?


30 posted on 04/30/2011 8:13:38 PM PDT by familyop ("Wanna cigarette? You're never too young to start." --Deacon, "Waterworld")
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To: Colofornian
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/statistics/4NAT_MAP.shtml


31 posted on 04/30/2011 8:15:26 PM PDT by DaveTesla (You can fool some of the people some of the time......)
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To: billorites

“Harold and Maude”, a “must-see” for some, the “worst movie I’ve ever seen” to others. I count myself as a member of the former group.


32 posted on 04/30/2011 8:18:01 PM PDT by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
The fact that non-Mormons are treated like outsiders might have something to do with it.

Or perhaps it is almost every house has a gun. (which is a good thing) The problem is gun are extremely successful in suicides. Drugs, slitting wrists etc are not successful.

A better statistic would be a suicide attempts normalized for population.

Your post leads one to suspect that the suicides in Utah (remember UT is only 9th) are all non-Mormon. I would suspect that is NOT the case. I would suspect that factoring in religion there is NO difference.

33 posted on 04/30/2011 8:34:26 PM PDT by GreyMountainReagan ("Pray for America")
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To: DaveTesla

Looking at the map, kind of interesting that the US Northeast has low rates and people there are the most miserable and uptight. Colorado where I live at has a high rate but we are also known for being pretty laid back and casual.

On a different posting concerning Sweden, a different country, it also has a very high rate of suicide is New Zealand.

[ SNIP - Map of US w/ Suicide rates ]


34 posted on 04/30/2011 8:34:37 PM PDT by CORedneck
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To: CORedneck
Odd thing is it is almost the inverse of the violent crime rate.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_the_United_States

35 posted on 04/30/2011 9:00:10 PM PDT by DaveTesla (You can fool some of the people some of the time......)
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To: Colofornian

Being happy all the time can make you depressed.


36 posted on 04/30/2011 9:13:52 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: DaveTesla

Looks like places were there isn’t much to do...bored!?


37 posted on 04/30/2011 11:19:50 PM PDT by Rick_Michael (Have no fear "President Government" is here)
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To: Signalman

I guess if there’s no company for misery...


38 posted on 04/30/2011 11:27:08 PM PDT by Gene Eric (*** Jesus ***)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Being happy all the time just isn’t normal.


39 posted on 04/30/2011 11:27:47 PM PDT by derllak
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To: eastforker; Eaker
In 2000, 1.31 million abortions took place

About 13,000 women have abortions each year following rape or incest.

13,000/1,310,000 = .00992... or about .01. That is 1% according to the pro-aborts.

Source: Alan Guttmacher Institute, Induced Abortion, Facts in Brief, 2002. Info online here. Guttmacher is a division of Planned Parenthood.

40 posted on 05/01/2011 1:11:55 AM PDT by newzjunkey
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