Posted by:
Changed Man
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Date: March 09, 2012 02:35PM
http://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=19472986&nid=1010&title=community-seeks-end-to-suicide-epidemic-after-6-deaths-in-3-weeks"Recently, the Center for Disease Control revealed that Utah ranks No. 1 in terms of the number of residents contemplating suicide. The Utah Department of Health Violence and Injury Prevention Program reported that Utah has the eighth highest rate of suicide for adults in the nation, and suicide is the second leading cause of death for Utahns ages 15- 19. The rural areas have a significantly higher suicide rates: namely Sevier, Piute, Wayne, Tooele, Carbon, Emery, Weber and Morgan Counties as well as the Glendale, Ben Lomond and Tricounty areas."
I don't know how many were LDS or non-LDS, but in general, the population in Utah seems pretty suicidal compared with the rest of the US population. Interesting. Sad, but interesting.