Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland are those with the
lowest suicide and homicide rate. The figures for alcoholism
show that the same countries—the United States, Switzerland,
Sweden and Denmark—which have the highest suicide rate,
have also the highest alcoholism rate, with the main difference
that the United States are leading in this group, and that France
has the second place, instead of the sixth place it has with regard
to suicide.
These figures are startling and challenging indeed. Even if
we should doubt whether the high frequency of suicide alone