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From: tim@ism780c.UUCP (Tim Smith)
Newsgroups: net.suicide
Subject: Re: Constructive Chemistry
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Date: Wed, 25-Dec-85 20:44:23 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 25 20:44:23 1985
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In article <4718@alice.UUCP> bob@alice.UUCP writes:
>
>A female chemist's lot is not a happy one.  The National Cancer
>Institute says their suicide rate is five times what might be
>expected.  Nobody's quite sure why, but the findings jibe with

Is this actual suicides or attempted suicides?  A chemist who wants
to kill herself is probably better able to pick a method that works
than most people.  So I would expect the rate of actual suicides to
be higher than normal, even if the rate of attempted suicides isn't
higher than normal.
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Tim Smith       sdcrdcf!ism780c!tim || ima!ism780!tim || ihnp4!cithep!tim