I just saw a list of the top ten countries for per-capita suicide rates. Besides Kazakhstan, which to my knowledge has a high population of Russians that might very well be the ones responsible for their rates, every single country was in Northern or Eastern Europe. I think all three of the Finno-Ugruc speaking countries (Finland, Hungary, and Estonia), as well as all three Baltic countries (Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia) were represented. I just want to know--why? Does anybody have any insight into this? I have seen people say that they kill themselves out of poverty, but that's ridiculous. Africans are almost to a man more poor but never kill themselves. What is going on?
2006-08-15 08:48:17 · 3 answers · asked by Romeo 2 in Social Science ➔ Sociology
SAD is a good answer, but how does that explain Kazakhstan? That country is in no way Northern, but has a high population of people with Northern genes. Out of all the non-Northern/European countries in the world, why them? Why not Greenland, or Canada, or Mongolia?
2006-08-15 09:35:05 · update #1
because those areas are on a fast pace to rid the baggage of their horrific past and become a productive member of the world as a whole. Their society has been in a stagnation mode for several generations and now is forced to change their mode of operation. There is pressure for fast track education, technological advances, and family upgrading. It is not easy; it is the opposite of their culture that was damaged by the communist era.
2006-08-18 15:45:10 · answer #1 · answered by Calvin of China, PhD 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it is always cold and dark there. (Seasonal Affective Disorder)
2006-08-15 16:04:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Maybe it's a cultural thing.
2006-08-15 15:56:48 · answer #3 · answered by lindavankerkhof 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋