Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1892 — Prussia's Suicides. [ARTICLE]

Prussia's Suicides.

The number of sulc des Is not increasing largely In Prussia, as is gen. erally supposed. In 1883 it was 6,171; in 1884, 6,900; in 1885, 6,028; in 1886, 6,212; in 1887, 5,898; in 1888, 5,393; in 1889, 5,615; and in 1890, 5,965. It was highest In 1886,' diminished very considerably in 1887 and 1888, and has been increasing again since. In 1884 and 1885, 21 per 100,000 of the population committed suicide; in 1886, 22; ih 1887, 21: and in 1888, 1889, and 1890, 19. Tho number of female suicides, in the years from 188.3,t0 JB9O was ,201, 205, 202, 188, 203, -511, 211, and 215. The number of male suicides, however; is four times that of the female, for the number of men who killed themselves last year was 32 per 100,000 of the population, and that of tho women only 8. In Berlin the number of suicides, after some fluctuation, has increased, first slowly and then rapidly, since 1886. From 1883 to 1890 it was 410, 369, 396, 306, 371, 386, 425, and 465. The numbers per 100,000 in the Same years were 33, 29, 30, 27, 26, 26, 28, and 30. Relatively, then, the year 1883 had the highest number, while 1887 and 1888 had tho lowest. In discussing these figures the Statistlsche Korrespondenz points out that the apparently unfavorable prominence of Prussia in the matter of suicide may be due in no small degree to the great accuracy with which statistics are kept.