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Show MOST SUIC1DESJN THE WEST , , h Lara- Number of Health ; Explained by " who Go to j w. ti,n leist is Holyoke, -Mas-.. T- . , ei.,r,w The eastern states l ie United States. im-- h.,ve the lowest nite-from UlOto 14 ir was 1G.5 the southern states nexV'nd then the rate -increases progressively as one goes west, r each n- the highest rate on the I atif.c coast, and especially in Cahforma Certain explanations come immed. atSv to mind. California attract, 1V invalids, and despondency ove their phvsical condition may increase he suicide percentage of the state. The Roekv mountain and rac.hc states also draw thousands of men who are seeking iheir fortunes-and n hxrs proportion fail in the quest. The I-ast and South are more settled m then wnvs, less subject to sudden business and social upheavals, and consequently more the home of steadygoing people The West is more adventurous and still attracts a considerable number of people whose varying temperaments and varying fortunes might easily explain ex-plain its greater tendency to self-murder. self-murder. ' |