the strongest factor is...

women/divorce (No votes)
social pressure/stigma
Total votes: 6 (50%)
guns
Total votes: 2 (17%)
we don't care
Total votes: 4 (33%)
Total votes: 12

Why are white men 3 or 4x more likely to kill themselves?

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gov. walz said rural suicides are rising.
men are 3.6x more likely than women. whites are twice as likely.
and don't just say depression. why are they more depressed?

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Re: Why are white men 3 or 4x more likely to kill themselves?

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Wood Goblin wrote: Fri Oct 18, 2024 1:56 pm Guns are a big one. I’ve read that it’s a myth that suicides are nearly always planned out and inevitable, that the whole “if he didn’t have a gun, he’d just find another way” argument is a myth. Many suicides are impulsive.

But that’s surely not the only cause, because ODs are up too.
When my idiot father and stepmother purchased their first firearm a few years ago, I mentioned that a firearm kept in a home is much, much more likely going to be used in killing another family member or friend (argument, accidental) or in a suicide than some boogeyman breaking in at 3 AM to steal the 80 inch tv. They just guffawed in return. I think there was a study in the late 90s that was onto this, and the NRA made sure that these kinds of studies wouldn't happen in the future.

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