People can intentionally end their lives {suicide}|.
incidence
It has higher rate in men than women, peaks in late fifties or sixties, and has same rate in different social or economic classes.
factors
It has higher rate among divorced people, childless women, people living alone, retired people, unemployed people, people in pain, people with terminal illness, mobile people, people under economic distress, people with severe depression, people with alcoholism, and people with epilepsy. It typically involves psychiatric illness.
war
War decreases suicide. Perhaps, it is because national cohesion happens and unemployment is less. Cultures influence suicide mode.
ritual
Killing oneself can be voluntary or ritualistic.
customs
Suicide is illegal in many countries. No theology allows it. It has stigma.
High integration into group can cause voluntary or ritualistic suicide {altruistic suicide}.
High personal standards and a society lacking behavior standards can cause voluntary or ritualistic suicide {anomic suicide}.
Group beliefs, failure to meet group standards, few personal attachments, and little help from others can cause voluntary or ritualistic suicide {egotistic suicide}.
People can attempt suicide but not commit suicide {parasuicide}.
factors
Parasuicides are mostly females in their teens or twenties. They are commoner among married people, are more common in lower social classes, and are commoner among people living in congested, overcrowded conditions. They do not associate with physical illness. They typically come from disrupted and disadvantaged childhood, such as poor family with no father. They typically belong to group that has propensity to parasuicide when under stress.
Male parasuicides typically have criminal record, are violent, and are alcoholic.
cause
Parasuicides are expressing wish for change from current state.
results
Parasuicide precedes half of all suicides.
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