[1] There are many ancient nations, eg, the Basques,
but no other that speaks the same language as it did more
than 3,000 years ago, occupies more or less the same territory, 
and, most important, maintains a continuous literary 
record of its history, which is to say an 
interrupted national consciousness.		
		
[2] The countries shown in the chart are:		
		
		Suicide Rate	Fertility
		(per 100,000)	Rate 
  Israel 		6.2	2.77
  United States 	11	2.1
  France 		18	1.98
  Iceland 		12	1.91
  Ireland 		9.7	1.85
  Denmark 		13.6	1.74
  Finland 		20.3	1.73
  Serbia 		19.3	1.69
  Sweden 		13.2	1.67
  Netherlands 	9.3	1.66
  United Kingdom 	7	1.66
  Canada 		11.6	1.57
  Portugal 		11	1.49
  Switzerland 	17.4	1.44
  Estonia 		20.3	1.42
  Croatia 		19.6	1.41
  Germany 		13	1.41
  Bulgaria 		13	1.4
  Russia 		34.3	1.4
  Austria 		16.9	1.38
  Greece 		3.2	1.36
  Hungary 		27.7	1.34
  Slovakia 		13.3	1.34
  Italy 		7.1	1.3
  Spain 		8.2	1.3
  Poland 		15.9	1.27
  Slovenia 		25.6	1.27
  Ukraine 		23.8	1.25
  Bosnia		11.8	1.24
  Belarus 		35.1	1.23
  Czech Republic 	15.5	1.23
  Japan 		24	1.22
  Lithuania 		40.2	1.22
  Singapore 		10.1	1.08
  Hong Kong 		18.6	1

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