Suicide  in  Europe  is  from  three  to  four  times  more
frequent  in  men  than  in  women.  This  was  first
shown  in  the  last  century  by  the  famous  alienist,
Esquirol.  The  chief  variations  in  different  countries
during  recent  times  will  be  found  in  the  following
table,  which  presents  the  proportions  of  the  sexes  per
hundred  suicides: — ^


France  (1827-80)
„  (1849-54)
„  (1870).
.,      (1886).
Paris  (1849-54).
London  (1858-59)
„        (1891).
England  (1858-59)
„       (i86i-88)

„       (1891).
Ireland  (1874-83)
Scotland  (1877-81)
United  States  (i86o)
„     (1897-1901)
Connecticut  (1878-82)
New  York  (1870-72)
Victoria  (1865-70)
Prussia  (1850-52)

„       (1872).
„       (1887).
„       (1889).
Saxony  (1S65-83)


M.
F.
n

23

80

20

81

19

79

21

68

32

69

3f

76

24

73

27

74

26

75

25^

73

27

70

30

79

21

78

22

70

30

78

22

82

18

82

18

80

20

80

20

79

21

80

20

M.
F.
Baden  (1865-83)

85

IS

Bavaria  (1844-47)

75

25

Austria  (1876-77)

83

17

Hungary  (1851-54).
72

28

Switzerland   (1876-83)

86

14

Canton     of     Geneva

(183B-55)       ..
83

18

Belgium  (1865-83).
84

16

Holland  (1875-79).
78

22

„       (1880-82).
81

19

Denmark  (1835-56).
75

25

(1861-86).
78

22

Copenhagen  (1835-56)

70

30

Norway  (1866-73)

76

24

(1876-82).
79

21

Sweden  (1865-82)

78

22

Finland  (1878-83)

81

19

Russia  (1870-74)

80

20

Italy  (1867)

Sr

19

„     (1874-83)    ..
80

20

Spain  ....
71

29

'  I  have  comi^iled  this  table,  making  numerous  additions,  from
Maurice  Block,  Statistique  de  la  France,  and  Legoyt,  Art.  "Suicide,"
Diet.  ency.  des  Sci.  Med.
