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Show WOMEN FORM ONE-THIRD OF SUICIDES ON COAST SACRAMENTO, Scppt. 1. Only' one-third as many women as men commit suicide, according to a Bur- . vey of California ual 3tatistica madp by L. E. Ross, statistician of j the state board of health. The sur ! ve was for the- period beginning j January 1. 1911, and ending December Decem-ber 31. 1919. During that period 7. S01 persona died in California by their uwn hand. Suicide by firearms. Ross found J was the most used method, account- lng lor 45 per cent of the total. Poi-BOD Poi-BOD was next and asphyxia third. The j suicide rate among Orientals was greater than any other race and the i average ago of all persons who died by their own agency was 42, which Ross pointed out, was eight years ' under their life-expe ctaucy as shown i by insuranace tables. oo |