Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 141, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 December 1903 — THE INCREASE IN SUICIDES. [ARTICLE]

THE INCREASE IN SUICIDES.

More Persons, Here and Abroad, Are Yearly Taking Their Lives A rapid increase In the number of suicides In New, York City In 'proportion to the population is shown by the health department statistics which have just been made public. In 1892 14 per.ons took their lives out of every 100,000 inhabitants. In 1902 there were 22 suicides to each 100,000. Till* rapid increase Is In line with a tendency noticeable not only In cities but also in rural districts in much the largeT part of the civffized world. It has not gone so far ns yet in New York, however, as to bring the annual Suicide rate to as high a point aa it reached, in some European cities. In Dresden, for Instance, the rati is 51 per 100,000 Inhabitants. In Paris it is 42; in Berlin, 36; in-Vienna 28; in Stockholm, 27; in London, 2& The lowest rates reported from any of the large European cities are from Lisbon and Madrid, with only 2 and 3 suicides per 100,000 per annum respectively. The statistics showing the Increase In the rate in the main European countries are very significant. In Franpe, fbr In stance, as against 15.7 por IOO,OOG Inhabitants 25 year* ago the rate is now 22.4. In Germany the Increase is about the same, and in fielgimn only a little leas. Austria Increased by 8.9 per 100,000, Hungary by 2.7, England by 1.5, Sootland by 1.8. Ituaaia showed no increase. TUpse gre the rotes for th# entire population of the countries named, and not merely for the ckies, where ths Increase has been in general much more rapid-- . n - s. : : f