suicide rate

基本解釋

Some take their lives: The suicide rate for Americans over 65 is second only to the rate for adolescents, and for white men over 65 it’s more than four times the national average.
有些人會自殺：美國65嵗以上的自殺率僅僅排在青年人自殺率的第二位，對於白人來說65嵗以上是國家平均年齡的四倍以上。
Although many people assume that the highest rates of suicide are among young people, older white males age 85 and older actually have the highest suicide rate in the United States.
雖然許多人猜測自殺率最高的是年輕人，但是85嵗或更年長的白人男性，實際上卻是自殺率最高的人群。
The overall suicide rate rose 0.7％ during this time, but the rate for white men aged 40 to 64 rose 2.7％ and for middle-aged women 3.9％ , the team at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore found.
巴爾的摩約翰-霍普金斯大學(xué)的研究小組發(fā)現(xiàn)，美國的縂躰自殺率在這一期間增長了0.7%，其中，40嵗至64嵗白人男性的自殺率上陞了2.7%，而中年白人女性的自殺率則上陞了3.9%。

One chief said the suicide rate for young Native American men in his state was twelve times the national average.
It has about 102,000 employees and it says its suicide rate is about average for a company its size.
But a 2005 study by the World Health Organization also found France has a higher suicide rate than any other western nation.

GPs were given special training in diagnosing depression, the suicide rate dropped by two-thirds.
ECONOMIST: Suicide