SOCL 3501 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Individualism
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Suicide rates vary by race: typically whites and native americans have the highest rates of suicide, which group is highest depends on the age groups at which you"re looking. Younger age groups we see native americans with higher suicide rates. Older age groups we see whites with higher suicide rates. Suicide attempts: there is one suicide for every 25 attempts. Groups with high rates of suicide: level of industrialization: how developed a country is. Highly industrialized countries tend to have higher rates of suicide. With industrialization also comes more individualism shift from the group to your own family. In less developed countries, there is a higher focus on the group, people have to work together to survive. Religion or culture in areas with cultural or religious tradition that does not prohibit suicide, we will see a higher rate of suicide regardless of industrialization: rurality how rural a place is (within the us)
