Feeling under the weather

[plural]

According to figures posted in the China Daily newspaper

every two minutes
[or roughly the time it will take me to post this]

12 chinese people attempt suicide
one is successfully

sure some of that is a function of population

but

Suicide is the leading cause of death between those 20-35

thats just fucked up

BBC Article here

Comments

[iamjosh.livejournal.com]

Whoa that's crazy.. but I'm a bit confused.. how do 11 fail? I though they were good at everything.. ok seriously its no laughing matter, but 11 people fail seams a bit high..

[plural.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure if that is a high, low or normal attempts vs success rate, I suppose we'd have to look at our own statistics and compare.

I've no idea what ours are, but I wouldnt be surprised if the attempts vs success rate was even higher here, because we have more of a "cry for help" suicide culture than they do.

China, as a general culture, does not place the same value on human life which we do, which means that there isnt the same degree socio-emotional attention mongering which occurs here.

Or so I'm thinking, could be way off base of course