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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Lane3 who wrote (7690)3/6/2001 4:50:45 PM
From: Gordon A. Langston  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 82486
 
% of adults who attend religious services at least once a week:

In order of decreasing attendance:

Country
% Attendance Suicide
Nigeria
89%
Ireland
84% * 22
Philippines
68%
N. Ireland
58%
Puerto Rico
52%
South Africa
56%
Poland
55%
Portugal
47% *
Slovakia
47%
Mexico
46%
Italy
45% * 16
Dominical Republic
44%
Belgium
44%
United States
44% 23
Turkey
43%
Peru
43%
India
42%
Canada
38% * 24
Brazil
36%
Netherlands
35% 29
Venezuela
31%
Uruguay
31%
Austria
30% * 39
Britain
27% * 14
Chile
25%
Argentina
25%
Spain
25% 17
Solvenia
22%
Croatia
22%
Hungary
21% *
France
21% * 38
Romania
20% *
Switzerland
16% 41
Australia
16% 24
Lithuania
16%
South Korea
14%
W. Germany
14% 29
Czech Republic
14% *
Taiwan
11%
Bulgaria
10% *
Ukraine
10%
Moldova
10%
Georgia
10%
China
9%
Armenia
8%
Serbia
7%
Montenegro
7%
Azerbaijan
6%
Belarus
6%
Latvia
5%
Denmark
5% * 34
Norway
5% 25
East Germany
5%
Sweden
4% 29
Iceland
4%
Finland
4% 49
Estonia
4%
Japan
3% 38
Russia
2%

I would say the figures show some relationship and I am restricting it mostly to Europe and Japan to correlate with the author. The author in question is casual and that was my point.