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It would have been interesting to see that heat map extend into Canada to see if the trend along the Rockies continued as expected. I found the following paper
by metatation 12y ago
It would have been interesting to see that heat map extend into Canada to see if the trend along the Rockies continued as expected. I found the following paper that at least anecdotally fits this theory:
http://www.pembina.org/reports/10_suicide.pdf http://www.pembina.org/reports/10_suicide.pdf
Apparently Calgary is going through a suicide epidemic:
"suicides are the leading cause of death for boys and men 10 to 49 years of age, ahead of murder, traffic accidents, and all other causes of death in this age group"
Note that Calgary is at high altitude as well, roughly 3500 ft.
- DanBC 12y agoWhen you restrict to men between 21 and 65 you find suicide is one of the leading three causes of death, and often the leading cause of death, in many places. California has better than US average rates for death by suicide, but that is because the death rate in older people is unusually low. When you look at rates for younger people you find california does slightly worse than the US average. Suicide is, sadly, very common.
- malambic 12y agoCalgary has also horribly cold winters which forces a lot of people to stay inside most of the winter. Maybe someone should do a correlation study with days/year where temperature doesn't exceed 20F (I know correlation != causation but at least it's one more hypothesis) . I personally feel depressed on days where I have to stay inside all day, and just taking a walk outside for half a hour uplifts my mood quite a bit.