• snooggumsEnglish
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      A suicide rate means successful, just like a murder rate is successful murders and not attempted murder.

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      Successful. Women actually attempt suicide more, but more often choose drug overdoses rather than immediately fatal means.

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        Women actually attempt suicide more

        Is that on a unique persona basis or does a person with a failed attempt skew the numbers with a second?