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It is interesting to see the relative numbers of suicides in 

 urban and rural communities. The data for the different States 

 for 1913 are as follows: — 



Suicides. 



States. 



Death Rates per 100,000 of 

 Population for 1913. 



Cities. 



Rural 

 Districts. 



California, . 

 Colorado, 

 Connecticut, 

 Indiana, 

 Kentucky, . 

 Maine, 

 Maryland, . 

 Massachusetts, 

 Michigan, . 

 Minnesota, . 

 Missouri, 

 Montana, 

 New Hampshire, 

 New Jersey, 

 New York, . 

 North Carolina, . 

 Ohio, . 

 Pennsylvania, 

 Rhode Island, 

 Utah, . 

 Vermont, 

 Virginia, 

 Washington, 

 Wisconsin, . 



26.6 

 81.8 

 14.5 

 25.6 

 18.3 

 17.9 

 19.8 

 12.61 

 17.7 

 19.0 

 32.5 

 44.3 

 18.2 

 17.3 

 16.0 

 8.8 

 17.3 

 16.0 

 15.3 

 30.5 

 17.1 

 16.3 

 21.1 

 15.5 



25.0 

 14.8 

 17.4 

 11.4 



6.4 

 12.0 

 11.4 

 16. 3» 

 11.5 

 11.5 

 .9.0 

 21.7 

 16.5 

 14.8 

 15.8 



6.2 

 12.7 

 10.7 

 12.7 

 12.9 

 16.0 



4.4 

 15.7 

 12.1 



1 For 1912, 13.4. 



2 For 1912, 13. 



The only State in 1913 where the number of suicides in the 

 rural population was greater than that of the urban is Con- 

 necticut. In Massachusetts the rates for 1912 in the country 

 and in the city were practically the same, while in 1913 the 

 death rate was slightly greater in rural districts than in cities. 



