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Show LESS SELF-MURDER IN UNITED STATES Death Knic from Suicide in 1910 Is 16 per 100,000; Bate in Utah Is 10.7. Washington. Jan so. Fewer people peo-ple commited suicide during 1910 than In 1900, according to the latest statistics on the subject, announced toda by Dr. Cressy L. Wilbur, chief vital statistician sta-tistician of the Lolled States census bureau. The death rate from suicide for 1910 Has sixteen per 100,000 of population in the census bureau ileal h registration area, which comprises about one-half of the country's population, and covers twenty-two states and '. number of larger cities In other -idt'-i The rate was it". 5 In 1909. There were 8590 Bulcldes in 19.10. Suicide bj firearms was ibe faorlto method of e)f destruction, and showed an Increase over 19"D. Poison was a close second. California led the slnles With tweuty-nhie tweuty-nhie suicides per 100.000 of population, whlb- Mar. Ian. I. with 10.3. had the lowest rate. in the redfstrl ling of over 100,000 population San Pran Cisco, with 41.2 suicides sui-cides pel 100.000. led. Oakland. Cal., wiih 82.4, a third, and Seattle, with 32. S fourth; Los Angeles, 30, fifth The Portland, Or., rate was 24.4, and Spokane 23 ; New York's tale was lfi4 and Chicago's Chi-cago's 20 The rale pfti Inn i population by states include California Montana 21.4; New Fork. 16.7; Utah; 10 7; Washington, Wash-ington, pi :t |