Show MOST SUICIDES IN THE WEST explained by large number of health and fortune seekers who go to that section of country the most suicidal city la the united states Is san dlugo cal which had a rate in 1915 of ca 3 per the least Is mass where the rate for the same year was ba says worlds work in cities the suicide rate tor 1915 was per people figures running back ten year show precisely the same ort fler ot precedence in different parts of the united states the eastern states lime the lowest rate from 1910 to 1914 it was the southern states come next and then the rate increases progressively as one goes west reaching the highest rate on the coast and especially in california certain explanations come immell to mind california attracts many invalids and despondency over otheir physical condition may increase athe suicide percentage of the state the rocky mountain and pacific states iso draw thousands of men who are their fortunes and a large i proportion fall in the quest the east and south are more settled in their less subject to budden business wm social upheavals and consequently more the borne of people tho west Is more adventurous and attracts a considerable number ot people whose temperaments and varying fortunes might easily explain its greater tendency to self murder |