Suicide : an essay on comparative moral statistics / by Henry Morselli.

  • Enrico Morselli
Date:
1881
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    Table XL.—Injluence of the Civil Status on the Causes of Suicide in Italy and Prussia, {Propo)'tions 1,000 on the Actual Nwnhers of each Registrar s Returns,.) Unmarried Mai ried Widowed Divorced Unknown Causes M. 1 M. I ^- M. F. M. F. 1 F. Italy (1872-77) I. ]\Ieutal disorders . 162 268 266 497 303 472 143 143 II. PhysiCcil diseases • 59 59 74 89 59 60 53 III. Weariness of life . 65 12 16 28 14 JL V. ir assions . . . 77 199 7 10 21 14 V. Vices . . • 8 11 2 9 VI. Domestic troubles . 77 103 83 87 56 70 45 143 VII. Financial disasters 86 12 186 33 130 37 143 ^7■TTT AriooTTT viii. Jiisery . • • 49 20 97 52 139 106 53 143 TV Qliomo fpnT nf JL^» OllcllllcJ—iccir yji. punisliment • • 43 64 25 26 30 5 7 i^. Diverse and not stated . . 384 263 235 204 225 222 — — 656 571 Prussia (1869-72) I. Mental disorders . 278 330 304 589 302 569 209 393 88 400 II. Physical diseases . 46 40 58 93 69 84 28 153 13 III. Weariness of life . 81 49 117 55 224 147 209 30 65 133 IV. Passions. 50 117 6 8 4 17 91 3 V. Vices 55 13 106 27 112 29 208 30 36 VI. Afflictions 3 3 3 7 13 14 VII. Embarrassments and suffering 57 36 150 84 88 49 113 121 39 VIII. Domestic troubles . 37 60 20 11 9 6 17 3 IX. Shame—fear of punisliment. 163 205 79 58 62 29 113 152 26 X. Diverse and not stated . 230 147 157 68 117 73 86 30 727 467 Total i,ooo IjOOO TjOOO IjOOO TjOOO i,ooo IjOOO i,ooo i,ooo IjOOC Number of cases, Italy . 2,089 407 2,010 565 538 216 133 7 „ „ Prussia 3,160 842 4,367 975 1,318 485 177 33 308 15 of suicides through shame becomes again higher, perhaps on account of new illegitimate pregnancy, and the humiliating position in which separation from the husband places women in certain social ranks. It would be worth while to examine what share trade and social condition have in creating determining causes for suicide. The Italian, French, and Prussian statistics would give us an opportunity for so doing, but we shall make use only of the first, as being those which keep separate the categories of professions in the most rational