SL writes an article in V that summarizes the altitude/depression connection for a public audience.
- Type
- News (traditional)
- Source
- Shayla Love Non-LDS
- Hearsay
- 2nd HandJournalism
- Reference
Shayla Love, "The Chilling Mystery of High-Altitude Suicides," Vice, June 25, 2019, accessed July 30, 2021
- Scribe/Publisher
- Vice
- People
- Shayla Love
- Audience
- General Public
PDF- Transcription
Of the 10 states with the highest suicide rates, eight are in a region darkly deemed “the suicide belt.” In the heat map of suicide deaths from the CDC, the suicide belt cuts across the country in dark red—including Colorado, Montana, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming.
One thing that these states have in common is high elevations. In 2011, a handful of scientists from Utah put forth a provocative theory: that the high altitudes are contributing to the high suicide rates.
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