The suicide rate for American WOMEN aged 60 -64 years increased 59.7% Yep. 59/7%

[elehhhhna]

... from '99 to 2010.


But that's not the headline. 60%!!! wtf?!!!



... the largest percentage increase in suicide rate was observed among women aged 60–64 years (59.7%, from 4.4 to 7.0).
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6217a1.htm?s_cid=mm6217a1_w

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Yikes, that's upsetting.

I'm just outside that group on the older side, and I have no intention of doing such a thing. But I can see why women might.

[WinkyDink]

2. Great; I'm 63.

Which, in my head, said "33."

[Warpy]

3. "Yeah, and by the way, the old women nobody cares about

had a really huge increase in their suicide rate."

[winter is coming]

4. I'd like to say that surprises me. n/t