10 Essential Facts About Guns and Suicide

[Buckeye_Democrat]

2. It's been that way for many years.

This sounds silly, but my brother told me back in the 80's (when he lived in Colorado and visited all of those states frequently) that he thought the wind might play a role! He claimed that constant high winds in Wyoming quickly depressed him when he stayed there awhile.

I'd look at alcohol abuse too.

Middle-aged white men are also the most likely to commit suicide in this country. I suspect it's because they believe that they can't ask for help... because of all that white male privilege they receive.

White males in those states might be especially cowboy-like in their refusal to get help.

http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/wyoming-suicide-rate-alarmingly-high-so-far-in/article_e75ede0c-f088-542b-819f-947bc53011e7.html

Middle-aged, white men are the largest demographic of men who take their own lives, Humphries-Wadsworth said.