CronoDAS comments on The Dirt on Depression - Less Wrong

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Comment author: CronoDAS 17 July 2009 11:44:21AM *  2 points [-]

I've read that, in the U.S., women make more suicide attempts than men, but are more likely to survive them, because men tend to use more lethal methods. (Women are less likely to try to kill themselves using a gun, for example.)

Comment author: taw 17 July 2009 01:14:49PM 1 point [-]

According to that article and some others most suicide attempts in China are unplanned and involve self-poisoning. Perhaps men having larger bodies are less likely to succeed.

So I wonder how much cross-country variability is about variability in suicide attempt rates, and how much due to different techniques used.