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Old 11-23-2004, 02:13 AM
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Originally Posted by mikemover
Excellent point....Isn't the suicide rate up there in the Northwest much higher than the national average? I've heard it is...

Mike
Actually Washington has one of the lowest. Suicide is more closely tied to alcholism, especially among Indians, gambling debts, and thanks to all you conservatives, poverty. The top state see-saws between those with high Indian populations and Nevada, and it is consistently high in the Rocky Mountain States:

http://www.spanusa.org/images/USrates2001.gif

http://www.a1b2c3.com/suilodge/facenc1.htm
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