Hi y'all - here's an interesting Norwegian suicide table. It seems as though they like hanging around over there. http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/03/01/10/dodsarsak_en/tab-2008-06-27-09-en.html
On Oct 23, 10:06 am, "CrossBow CrossBow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wonder what the data is on they type of suicide? anyone find that tidbit > published? Is it drug related or firearms? or what? At least we know they > are not worried about burning in Dante's Inferno because it dose not exist > for them. Anyone know a Norwegian we can ask? > > > > On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 9:23 AM, Clogtowner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi y'all - Norway, which is normally the most quoted god free nation, > > seems to have less than average suicide rates amongst Scandinavian > > countries : > >http://www.who.int/mental_health/prevention/suicide/suiciderates/en/ > > Skimming through the figures, I was beginning to think that it may be > > a function of light and latitude, but then I saw that Australia has a > > higher rate (they are upside down and a bunch of convicts.) I suppose > > the fact that Norwegians generally have no belief in a god gives them > > the freedom, without scruple, to take their own life as they see fit. > > I'm sure there are many factors involved but, from the above figures, > > Norway does not stand out as a hive of suiciders. Perhaps it is the > > abundance of Norwegian Blue Parrots inhabiting the fiords that > > stresses out the population in the area. > > > On Oct 22, 5:07 pm, "Liz Purkrabek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I don't know about the D deficiency, although D deficiency is being > > studied > > > in relation to other illnesses such as M.S. Southerners have a slightly > > > lower risk of developing M.S., and I don't think it matters where you > > were > > > born originally. > > > >http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9316607Pubmednote > > > >http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/conditions/12/19/vitamin.d.ms/index.html > > CNN > > > > That's interesting about the relatively narrow distribution of suicide in > > > Scandinavia. I'll have to read more about the issue if I get the time. > > I'd > > > like to see how the suicides in the surrounding areas measure up. > > > > Liz > > > > From: [email protected] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > CrossBow > > > CrossBow > > > Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 4:11 PM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: Imagine a land where presidents don't sprinkle holy water on > > > wars, citizens have good healthcare and governments care about the > > > environment. > > > > vitamin D deficiency then? they need to mutate so they can survive or > > chug > > > vitamins. That would be a consideration, but the problem has settle in a > > > particular age range according to the research, younger 25-40 year olds > > are > > > the highest (my numbers may be off just a little). Maybe there will be > > > better research soon since it has drawn attention. > > > > On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 3:25 PM, Liz Purkrabek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > I thought the suicide rates could be blamed on the less intense sunlight > > to > > > the area. Humans, like many animals are affected by decreased sunlight. > > > > Liz > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [email protected] > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > CrossBow > > > Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 2:44 PM > > > To: Memphis Freethought Alliance > > > Subject: Imagine a land where presidents don't sprinkle holy water on > > wars, > > > citizens have good healthcare and governments care about the environment. > > > > this may have been discussed before here on this platform, but humor > > > me - How did Scandinavia get to such a secular society? How do you > > > fill the vacuum religion leaves behind when it is plucked out like the > > > outdated evolutionary tool that it is? what can we replace religous > > > structure with? Groups like this work well. But, why the high suicide > > > rate in such a secular region? what can prevent it? where are the > > > suicide rates coming from? a statistically reliable source? OR, did > > > someone conveniently skew them? > > > >http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/10/22/zuckerman/?source=newsle... > > > ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` > > > ````````````````````````````````````````` > > > "The notion that religious belief is childish, that earnest prayer is > > > something that only children engage in, and that faith in God is just > > > something that one dabbles with in childhood, but eventually grows out > > > of as one becomes a mature adult, would strike most Americans as > > > offensive," writes Zuckerman (from the book "Society Without God") > > > "But for millions of Scandinavians, that's just the way it is." > > > > BUT IT ALSO MENTIONS: > > > > Zuckerman isn't quite so eager to bring up the dark undercurrents of > > > Scandinavian life: dismal weather, a heavy tax burden, low fertility, > > > high alcoholism, a suicide rate twice that of America. > > > ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` > > > ````````````````````````````````````````- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. 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