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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
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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