CONDITIONS PREDISPOSING TO SUICIDE

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Abstract
From the available follow-up studies it is estimated that the following percentage of affected people will die by suicide: primary (endogenous) depression, 15%; reactive (neurotic) depression, 15%; alcoholism, 15%; schizophrenia, 10%; psychopathic personality, 5%; and opiate addiction, 10% or more. Rough estimates of the number of suicides/yr in the USA attributable to each condition might be as follows (using low incidence figures): depression, 12,900; alcoholism, 6900; schizophrenia, 3800; psychopathy, 2000 (?); and drug addiction, 900.

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