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RE: Hello 911...Farmer Jim has gone mad with a gun and a bottle of whiskey! HELP.

in #farming7 years ago

The suicide rate in the field of farming, fishing and forestry is 84.5 per 100,000 people -- more than five times that of the population as a whole.

I never heard of this, that sounds ridiculous! Do you have a source for that? I would love to see it. And for some more reasonings behind it

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https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/wr/mm6525a1.htm

Well is is the CDC report....you can read it for yourself.