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The Suicide Rates of Women in America (IN: Why Women Kill Themselves, ed. by D Lester)
Lester D
This article provides female & male suicide rates in the U.S.A. by state. The author discusses the sociological variables which are associated with female suicide, the male-to-female suicide ratio, as well as variables which help predict self-destructive rates vary greatly among the states, increases are found with higher incidences of divorced & mobile people. As well, female rates vary with urbanization & wealth. (VM)