"GLOBAL suicide rates have increased by 60% in the past 45 years and it is now one of the three leading causes of death for people between 15 and 44 years old according to the World Health Organisation. People in countries with high suicide rates say they are unhappier, according to the “World Database of Happiness” maintained by Erasmus University in Rotterdam. But intrepreting suicide trends is tricky because there is no international standard for reporting and collecting data. Countries with strong religious or cultural strictures against suicide often report lower rates."
Story in the Economist here.
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I have been looking at suicide ideation with SHARE (the EURO3 variable which is not great, admittedly).Marital status is big; education, chronic illness and height all kick in much as you might expect, also handedness (you guessed it..). However the results for drinking is rather surprising...
There are country dummies in there too but haven't looked at them.
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