I guess for western countries at least it may be partly because they are in a very competetive environment. In other countries there is less competition so even losers get attention. People here who talk about greatness and machismo should take that in account. Religion is also an important thing. Some people can not commit suicide because of religion. For example older guys who are in pain can not do it. So it is sometimes good to be able to self delete.WilliamSmith wrote: ↑February 6th, 2023, 12:18 amReminder to all friends: No suicides allowed! Thanks.
But after this macabre subject came up last night I looked more at the data here
https://worldpopulationreview.com/count ... by-country
The stats surprised me:
Some of this data is probably a bit suspect, because I know very well a lot of the authorities in 3rd world countries flat-out don't give a !@#$ about crime and won't even do anything but try to extort bribe $$$ even from victims of major crimes who try to report what happened........ so I have my doubts whether some of the 3rd world suicide rates are as low as they say....
But FYI / for what it's worth:
In 2019, the ten countries with the highest suicide rates (number of suicides per 100k) were:
Lesotho - 72.4
Guyana - 40.3
Eswatini - 29.4
South Korea - 28.6
Kiribati - 28.3
Federated States of Micronesia - 28.2
Lithuania - 26.1
Suriname - 25.4
Russia - 25.1
South Africa - 23.5
The world's lowest suicide rates are in the following countries:
Antigua and Barbuda - 0.4
Barbados - 0.6
Grenada - 0.7
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - 1.0
Sao Tome and Principe - 1.5
Jordan - 1.6
Syria - 2.0
Venezuela - 2.1
Honduras - 2.1
Philippines - 2.2
I didn't realize that was the case, but interesting to see a lot of my #1 top choices for Caribbean island nations on the lowest suicide rate list.
*** Some macabre points from the comments:
On South Korea:
(FYI @Natural_Born_Cynic )
South Korea is the noteworthy high-suicide outlier for East Asia: I have heard they have taken over Japan and the USSA's role as the worst workaholics, and neither Japan or the USSA comes close to SK's suicide rate.
FYI @Pixel--dude and @Outcast9428 (the latter because he and I are both optimistic for a nationalist Japan's future):Additionally, many choose to jump off a bridge. In Seoul, the Mapo Bridge has earned the nickname "The Bridge of Death" or "Suicide Bridge" because of how many people jump off it.
[ That is obviously not a good sign, but I'd guess it's partly because they don't murder each other as much there as in some of the places that are dearer to my own heart. Beautiful Jamaica, for example, has sometimes had "interpersonal violence" ranking in the top 5 leading causes of death on the stat sites I glanced at, even though NCDs and strokes and so on were ranked much higher for the total population in all age bands...Suicide in Japan
Japan's total numbers place it significantly outside the top 10, but suicide is nonetheless a serious concern there. Suicide is the leading cause of death in men between the ages of 20-44 and women between the ages of 15-34.]
Here @Outcast9428 can accuse me of trying to "subvert the right" by pointing out Japanese hodlers who go through a divorce or else lose their jobs and are no longer able to provide per their cultural standards often spike their likelihood of committing suicide as a result:
Japanese men are twice as likely to commit suicide as their female counterparts, particularly after a divorce. Of particular concern is suicide among men who have recently lost their jobs and are no longer able to provide for their families. People are expected to stay married to a single person and stay on a single job for their entire life, and the pressure of this expectation can make a divorce or job loss feel like a failure. Aokigahara Forest, at the base of Japan's Mount Fuji, is a hotspot for suicides, as hundreds of people go there each year to end their lives. Police regularly patrol the area for suicide victims and survivors.
My thoughts:
USSA and Japan are reasonably close matches on suicide rates.
(USSA is a collapsing cesspool subverted to the core where the people have nothing in common and aren't a "nation" in any meaningful sense of the word, so no shock there's a fair amt of suicide and high depression rates also facilitated by meds, toxic food, opiate epidemics pushed by the likes of Sacklers and other jew oligarchs, etc.)
Japan's a much more potentially healthy nation, but definitely do have their "pathologies," since otherwise they wouldn't come close to the USSA's suicide and depression rates.
Then there's China... Unlike many, I actually love the Chinese, but am aware of some of its problems so was interested to read this:
Suicide in China
In China, suicide is the fifth leading cause of death and accounts for over one-quarter of suicides worldwide. In contrast with many Western countries, in which men are more likely to commit suicide, most suicide victims in China are women. China's economic boom has led to greater independence for women, who are now much more able to get divorced as a means of dealing with domestic violence. However, the strain of divorce means that they must work long hours while raising their children, often without family support that the culture has traditionally relied on in the past.
When women show the strain of their stressful lives and are admitted to a hospital for psychiatric care, they are likely to be discharged much sooner than their male counterparts. They feel that they need to return to their jobs and families as quickly as possible, even if they are not ready to do so. Additionally, many insurances do not cover hospital stays in cases of attempted suicide. These strains have exacerbated suicide among Chinese women. People in rural parts of China are five times more likely to commit suicide than people in cities. This notion may be attributed to a lack of mental healthcare, the stigma associated with mental illnesses (such as schizophrenia), poverty, and poor education. However, exact statistics are hard to come by because the Chinese government has carried out few to no epidemiological studies on suicide. Most suicide attempts in China are carried out with a pesticide or other poison.
Uruguay seems to be interesting. The male rate is 34. This is quite high.
From Reddit a guy from Uruguay:
'We are very secular, the main philosophy is existentialism, life is what you make of it. When people get older, stop working, if they are not seen by their families they become isolated, they feel useless, a burden, and so decide to kill themselves, rather than continuing a life of meaningless suffering. The majority of suicides are men over 65 by hanging.'
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