Why is it that suicide is only one of the leading causes of death in developed countries?

Question

I have known a few people (old and young) who have comitted suicide and they were very intelligent people. I am wondering if there is a correlation between suicide and intelligence? Is suicide a much higher risk for those who have a deeper understanding of the world? Does this imply that there is something apparently unfavorable about the reality in which we live? Suicide is only up on the top ten killer lists for devolped countries; This problem is rarely seen in the third world. (This of course is exluding suicide in the name of religion and only applies to the "I don't want to live anymore" types of suicides.)

Answer 1

i dunno, i think I'd rather be euthanized when i'm old so that I won't have to go through so much pain,
but i don't know yet. I think that to truly have lived life you need to have experienced some pain.
suicide is a cowards way out.