Finland - USA 2-0

"WaltBJ" wrote in message
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Cub Driver wrote in message
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Finland is the world's most competitive economy followed by the
United
States, Sweden, Denmark and Taiwan, according to a Global
Competitiveness Report released Thursday.

SNIP:

Do they not also lead the world in suicides?

Not correct.
http://www.who.int/mental_health/pre...iciderates/en/

Do they not also lead the world in suicides?

Not correct.
http://www.who.int/mental_health/pre...iciderates/en/

Looks like they do, amongst civilized nations. Holly cow, the rates on the
former Soviet and Warpact countries.... those guys must really live
desperate lives... :-(
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José Herculano

"José Herculano" wrote in
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Do they not also lead the world in suicides?

Not correct.
http://www.who.int/mental_health/pre...iciderates/en/

Looks like they do, amongst civilized nations.

Japan is higher.

On Sat, 1 Nov 2003 17:57:04 +0200, "Nils Rostedt" wrote:


"WaltBJ" wrote in message
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Cub Driver wrote in message
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Finland is the world's most competitive economy followed by the
United
States, Sweden, Denmark and Taiwan, according to a Global
Competitiveness Report released Thursday.

SNIP:

Do they not also lead the world in suicides?

Not correct.
http://www.who.int/mental_health/pre...iciderates/en/


They are definitely a contender for the title, but the former USSR
countries are way ahead, as is Japan.

Al Minyard

"Nils Rostedt" wrote in message ...
"WaltBJ" wrote in message
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Cub Driver wrote in message
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Finland is the world's most competitive economy followed by the
United
States, Sweden, Denmark and Taiwan, according to a Global
Competitiveness Report released Thursday.

SNIP:

Do they not also lead the world in suicides?

Not correct.
http://www.who.int/mental_health/pre...iciderates/en/

I see. Only twice the rate in the USA.

Walt BJ

"WaltBJ" wrote in message
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"Nils Rostedt" wrote in message
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"WaltBJ" wrote in message
Not correct.
http://www.who.int/mental_health/pre...iciderates/en/

I see. Only twice the rate in the USA.

On a plus side, odds of getting gunned down are considerably smaller...

"Yama" wrote:

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:"WaltBJ" wrote in message
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: "Nils Rostedt" wrote in message
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: I see. Only twice the rate in the USA.
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:On a plus side, odds of getting gunned down are considerably smaller...

Well, odds of getting 'gunned down' here aren't significantly higher
than they are in Britain, if one starts off with the assumption that
one isn't a gang banger. Stay out of really bad neighborhoods and
avoid egregiously stupid behaviour like trying to frighten and
ignoring the warnings of armed people in their own homes and your odds
are much greater of slipping and falling to death in the bathtub than
they are of being 'gunned down'.


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"Rule Number One for Slayers - Don't die."
-- Buffy, the Vampire Slayer

"Fred J. McCall" wrote in message
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"Yama" wrote:
:On a plus side, odds of getting gunned down are considerably smaller...

Well, odds of getting 'gunned down' here aren't significantly higher
than they are in Britain, if one starts off with the assumption that
one isn't a gang banger. Stay out of really bad neighborhoods and
avoid egregiously stupid behaviour like trying to frighten and
ignoring the warnings of armed people in their own homes and your odds
are much greater of slipping and falling to death in the bathtub than
they are of being 'gunned down'.

I don't quite see how this counters my point - "bad neighborhoods" exist in
all countries...

PS: Faith is better than Buffy

"Yama" wrote:

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:"Fred J. McCall" wrote in message
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: "Yama" wrote:
: :On a plus side, odds of getting gunned down are considerably smaller...
:
: Well, odds of getting 'gunned down' here aren't significantly higher
: than they are in Britain, if one starts off with the assumption that
: one isn't a gang banger. Stay out of really bad neighborhoods and
: avoid egregiously stupid behaviour like trying to frighten and
: ignoring the warnings of armed people in their own homes and your odds
: are much greater of slipping and falling to death in the bathtub than
: they are of being 'gunned down'.
:
:I don't quite see how this counters my point - "bad neighborhoods" exist in
:all countries...

Yes, but most folks don't live in them, so your odds aren't
appreciably different here than they are anywhere else.

:PS: Faith is better than Buffy

Hotter, certainly. But Buffy got most of the good lines.


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"Adrenaline is like exercise, but without the excessive gym fees."
-- Professor Walsh, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"

What's 'really going to get you?'
1) Auto accidents. Another death here this weekend - skidded on the
ice, ejected from the car, not wearing a seat belt. 2 'Darwins' here -
driving too fast, and no seat belt. FWIW in our two counties here in
CO there were 135 ice-related accidents the same weekend. Dumbth
coefficient running high.
2) Iatrogenic deaths - due to your friendly medical institution. I
just read that in elective 'bariatric surgery' (stomach stitching for
obesity) the current death rate is 1 in 200. Also, the current tool
for medical-caused deaths in the USA is about 100,000 a year,
excelling fire arms and auto accidents combined. That'll give you
something to think about as the anesthesia takes hold - 'wonder if
I'll wake up?' or worse, 'wonder where I'll wake up?'