Nearly twice as many people kill themselves than are killed by others in New Jersey, according to a new study. The state Department of Health and Senior Services report “Suicide in New Jersey, 1999-2000″ finds that suicides far outpace homicides in the Garden State.
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Unfortunately, I wonder if the willingness to spend more on homocide investigation than on suicide prevention reflects an attitude that homocide victims as a group are more valuable than the mentally ill, who are the most likely to commit suicide. It seems to me that there is more going on than just the desire to keep people alive, but rather a value judgement regarding which people are worth keeping alive.
Are there more recent numbers concerning suicides in NJ? I am writing to the NJ legislaters and would like to site some numbers that are a bit more recent than this study. Any help you can give would be greatly appreciated.
Fran Gervasi