Like we trust anything said, by the admitted liars, CDC ... lol ...
FTA ..
According to the CDC, four Rockies states made up six with the highest suicide rates in 2021 - with Wyoming’s rate over 4.5 times higher than that in New Jersey.
The region, notably New Mexico, Colorado and Montana, has earned the nickname ‘Suicide Belt’, with towns designed for a vacation away from the city becoming epicenters of the crisis.
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As most people on FR realize, the âdataâ in this article are meaningless. âOccupationâ, locale, weather, density, etc., etc., are factoids and no more predictive than phase of the moon. Chance overrides each of these factors. I suspect a controlled study might find weak or no significant correlations. Drugs, alcohol, and prescription medications might be the exception, as well as, previous gestures and attempts. But more likely those would be seen as contributing rather than causing.
As for the âwe need more servicesâ - telecommunications has made an host of services and interventions available to people in rural and mountainous areas.
Hardiness and lack of hardiness are possibly significant factors but these would require examining longitude data that is unlikely to be available (https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Suzanne-C-Kobasa-35332862?_tp=eyJjb250ZXh0Ijp7ImZpcnN0UGFnZSI6Il9kaXJlY3QiLCJwYWdlIjoiX2RpcmVjdCJ9fQ)
Those who comment about the absence of faith in God, are not wrong - I have found belief in heaven and hell to be much better counterweights and more so than belief in an âafterlife.â Anytime, I can employ a patientâs Christian or Jewish beliefs and background it is immensely helpful. Personally, I not share a catholic view of suicide, but I have never hesitated to seize upon that concept if the patient even fleetingly thinks it might be true.