SUICIDES IN GERMANY.
Last year 5010 men and 1249 women committed suicide in Germany. Year by year the proportion of suicides to the population rises slightly, although the proportion between men and' women remains with little, if any, variation. Out of every 100,000 of the male population 32 persons annually commit suicide. Only nine women out of every 100,000 seek death at their own hands, More than one-fourth of the aggregate commit suicide in moments of mental aberration, the other three-fourths suffer from “ weariness of life,” misdirected passion, sickness, sorrow, trouble, vice, remorse, shame. The proportion is roughly as follows :—Weariness of life 462, mental aberration 1900, sickness 702, misdirected passion 180, vice 497, sorrow 25, trouble 628, remorse and shame 532. Nearly one-fi th part of the aggregate consists of cases for which no explanation can be offered. Among women the prevailing motives are mental aberration, bodily suffering, and misdirected passion; among men, life weariness, vice, and trouble. Six times as many men as women laid hands on themselves as the result of vicious life.
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 9 October 1901, Page 4
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176SUICIDES IN GERMANY. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 9 October 1901, Page 4
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