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To: Katelew who wrote (126817)	12/9/2009 7:11:08 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 540952

>>I wonder if the long winters contribute to suicide rates in the Scandinavian countries? Where I live the winters are an endless slog of gray, overcast days that I find increasingly mildly depressive.<< Recalling something my first wife (a swede) said about suicide rates in her country, I did some digging. According to information I was able to find online, Sweden and Denmark rank just slightly higher than the U.S. in overall suicide rates, while Norway ranks lower among males and a bit higher among females. None of the Scandinavian countries is anywhere near the top. en.wikipedia.org The idea of abnormally high rates of suicide in that area would seem to be a myth. My ex-wife also told me that the way the statistics are kept in Sweden differs from the way we do it. She said, though I don't know for certain this is true, that if you get drunk and wrap your car around a tree, that's considered suicide. - Allen