Suicide rate rises in hot weather


	Suicide rate rises in hot weather

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8-1-2007 9:32 AM

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8-1-2007 1:14 PM

sidegik

some people you have an unusually high degree of irritability, aggression and impulsivity."

make sense. solutions that help keep the earth cool also solutions to keep human and animals cool.

i read that negative ions can neutralize irritability, aggression and impulsivity."

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<FONT size="2">Analysis of more than 50,000 suicides in England and Wales between 1993 and 2003 showed the suicide rate rose when average daily temperatures topped 18C.</FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6925882.stm"><P><FONT size="2">The study appears in the British Journal of Psychiatry.
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<FONT size="2">The researchers found that once the daily average temperature rose above 18C each further degree increase was associated with a rise in suicides of almost 4%.
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<FONT size="2">The rate in the rise of violent suicides was even higher, at 5% per degree rise in temperature.</FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6925882.stm"><P><FONT size="2">Researcher Dr Lisa Page said there were a number of possible reasons for the link between hot weather and suicide.
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