2006-06-28 09:40:25 · 13 answers · asked by Eric Inri 6 in Social Science ➔ Sociology
cause life is ending and no use to live or sometime they think its time and they question themselves why their still alive trust me youll fell it to when your old
2006-06-28 09:43:13 · answer #1 · answered by gas_o99 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot of older people may begin to get Altzeihmers disease, Parkinsons, or other things. They have seen many miserable people that have suffered from the disease. They don't want to suffer to the point of being confined to a bed. So, they end their lives. I believe suicide is bad, but i believe that is the reason for the suicide rates.
2006-06-28 10:26:24 · answer #2 · answered by Bunny Slippers 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure there are some good answers for your question. Unfortunately, I have not researched this enough to make an intelligent guess. Those who may have interest in looking at a graph that shows you U.S. Suicide Rates by Age, Gender, and Racial Group, see here.
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/suicideresearch/suichart.cfm
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2006-06-28 12:00:33 · answer #3 · answered by -:¦:-SKY-:¦:- 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Statistics depend on who gathered the data (qui bono, who benefits), and where, when, and how they gathered it. Experiences that drive a person to suicide are also not measured well by the living and uninvolved. The dead cannot be interviewed.
The pharmaceutical companies may have produced the statistics that led you to ask that question because older people may use more antidepressant drugs after being convinced that they need them.
2006-06-28 09:56:27 · answer #4 · answered by thenewrevolutionary 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are lots of reasons, but sometimes it is loneliness. When a person starts getting older they start losing their friends through death and old age. I had a person one time tell me I had no idea what it was like to listen to children laughing and know that there were no more kids in his life. He did eventually kill himself.
2006-06-28 09:45:12 · answer #5 · answered by mom of girls 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have more health problems and higher rates of depression.
2006-06-28 09:43:45 · answer #6 · answered by Gatorz22 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably because they dont have their family anymore..and in Psychology books its claims that when an elderly person reaches retirement, he/she suffers from depression and feelings of unworthiness.
2006-06-28 09:44:15 · answer #7 · answered by pentalityism 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought teenager's had the highest rate. Huh, guess your kid's forgetting about you will do that to ya.
2006-06-28 09:44:50 · answer #8 · answered by Points whore 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the older they get the more they get caught up in debt
2006-06-28 09:59:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are lonely and suffering and want to end their pain.
2006-07-05 07:17:12 · answer #10 · answered by Charlie Ann 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋