Here are the conclusions you could draw from this: 1) TM makes you more likely to commit suicide
2) people who do TM who decide to go live in Fairfield, Iowa, tend to self-medicate using TM, rather than seeking professional help for thigns that TM doesn't affect. 3) both of the above. There's no way to tell which conclusion is correct. L ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mjackson74@...> wrote : people would like to know how Fairfield rates compare to other communities. Fairfield’s rate is indeed higher than the national average, which is 12.3 cases per population of 100,000, per year (as of 2011, the latest stats available). In Jefferson County, the rate is 19.83 cases per 100,000 as of 2014 (based on 20 suicides in 6 years with a county population of 16,810.) James Moore is correct in saying that the high suicides rate is a community-wide issue. As Matthew and James have pointed out in the comments, around a quarter of the 20 people who have died by suicide practiced TM. However, this does not mean, as James said, that suicide among TM practitioners is half the national average. On the contrary, the rate is actually higher than that of the county, because roughly 3,000 of the county’s nearly 17,000 practice TM. Assuming 5 of the residents who died by suicide were part of the meditating community of 3,000 in the past 6 years, the rate would be 27.75 cases per 100,000, which is more than double the national average. From the author of this piece, in the comments section: http://littlevillagemag.com/suicide-in-fairfield-iowa-town-struggles-with-mental-health-awareness http://littlevillagemag.com/suicide-in-fairfield-iowa-town-struggles-with-mental-health-awareness/?fb_action_ids=10204043010012260&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=[772000562838922]&action_type_map=[%22og.likes%22]&action_ref_map=[]
