What Occupation has the highest suicide rate?

Do you know which occupation has the highest suicide rate? Is it prison guards, by any chance? Or psychiatrists? 

There is an urban legend, recently repeated on Seinfeld, that dentists have the highest suicide rate of any profession. This is false. I recently spoke with a public affairs representative at the American Dental Association. They actually did a study on the subject, and found the rate among dentists is about the same as the population as a whole.

Prison guards seem to be a likely candidate, since they exist in a rather depressing environment. So do psychiatrists, since as a group, they seem to border on insanity. So which is the correct choice?

— Richard A. Koris, Washington, DC

Well, it hasn't been easy to track this one, and I'm not sure I've got a definitive answer. Let's start by noting that suicide statistics are questionable at best. Many suicides are classified as "accident" to spare the family from publicity. So the statistics are only a rough indication.

I easily found statistics on the Internet about suicides by age, region, gender, and race, but very little about occupation. Actually, since suicide is the second leading cause of death in the U.S. among those age 15 to 24, probably the answer is "student", but I don' t think that's what you're looking for.

I called the library of the Society of Actuaries, thinking they'd know. The librarian said she used to work at a large psychiatric library, and that about 8 years ago, the answer was psychiatrists/psychologists/related. However, she couldnt quote me a source or cite a statistic, except what she says she knew.

A study of 24 states reported data on causes of death by occupation, for people ages 20 to 64, from 1984 to 1988, and came up with physicians, health aides, and "food batchmakers" as the three highest. Food batchmakers are at the top but only by a small (statistically insignificant) margin. Psychiatrists weren't reported separately from other physicians. I'm not sure exactly what the numbers below mean, perhaps suicides per million of active population:

Food batchmakers (241)

Physicians (222) and health aides (excluding nursing) (221)

Lathe and turning machine operators (199)

Biological, life and medical scientists (188)

Social scientists and urban planners (171)

Dentists (165)

Lawyers and Judges (140)

Guards/sales occupations were tied at 139

Tool and die makers (126)

Police, public servants (118)

So, I'd say, it's still pretty ambiguous.

— CKDextHavn Straight Dope Science Advisory Board

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8 Most Dangerous Places to Live on the Eart

Here’s the most dangerous places to live in the world. People sometime living in the places that have high risk to their life. So here’s some of the places that categorizes with dangerous for human to live.


8. China’s Creeping Sandbox: Minquin County, China

Minquin County China

Trapped between two creeping deserts, the once fertile oasis of Minqin County, in northwest Gansu province, lives on borrowed time. The double whammy of a decade-long drought and the upriver diversion of water from its lifeline, the Shiyang River, have left Minqin to wither into the Tengger desert, which approaches from the southeast, and the Badain Jaran, closing in from the northwest. In total, since 1950, the deserts have swallowed up more than 100 square miles. During that same period, the population there has risen from 860,000 to more than 2 million.

Top 10 Most Amazing Chemical Reactions in the World

These most amazing chemical reactions in the world is part of how beautiful is chemistry can be. Chemistry is one of the most interesting subject. Sometime We’re amazed on how two compounds can make new compound or can react and form a new chemical element. There are lot of interesting and amazing chemical reactions. But We can see how amazing these chemical reactions is. So please enjoy, top 10 most amazing chemical reactions in the world:

10. Reaction of  Sodium /  Natrium (Na) with water (H2O) in Chlorine (Cl) gas
Sodium is highly reactive element and easily explode. When mixed with water, will immediately cause an explosion. In the video below Na react with water in the Cl gas producing yellow light and high heat. Here’s the video:


9. Reaction between Magnesium (Mg) with Dry Ice
Magnesium is highly flammable and the fire will light very brightly. In this video you will see Magnesium burning in Dry Ice (frozen CO2).

Top 10 Most Impossible Places To Visit in the World

You maybe imagine why this article named top 10 most impossible places to visit in the world. Actually there’s a lot of secret in this world. There are some places that we don’t know and we can’t go there as well. This list contains the most significant places around the world that are closed to the public and almost impossible for the general public to visit.

10. Mezhgorye : Russia

Mezhgorye is a closed city in Russia located in Yamantaw Mount, a city founded in 1979 is located in 1640 m high, the city was suspected by the US as a place for Russian nuclear secrets. These large projects began to be observed by a US satellite in 1990. US ask for statements from the Russian side about this place, but the Russians deny it, they said it’s just the location of mines.

Mezhgorye

Top 10 Largest Churches in The World

Church is a place of christian worship. Church sometime different one from another because of different sects of the christian. Here’s top 10 largest church in the world from various sects of Christian:

10. Sanctuary of Our Lady of Liche?, Poland
The Sanctuary of Our Lady of lichen is the largest church in Poland,seventh in Europe  and tenth in the world. The church was built from 1994 until 2004. Has a length of 120 m (393 ft) wide and 77 m (252 ft). Sanctuary of Our Lady of lichen was built to honor the Virgin Mary and is home to the 200-year-old painting known as “Our Lady of Sorrows, Queen of Poland.”

Sanctuary of Our Lady of Liche? Poland

And Here’s the painting of Our Lady of Sorrows, Queen of Poland, made in 1772

painting of Our Lady of Sorrows, Queen of Poland

Top 5 Deepest Seas in The World

Here’s a list of deepest seas in the world listed by the ocean. Deepest sea part usually called trench. Since It’s quite difficult to measure how deep is a trench, usually people using 2 special method to measure it. The method is drad loading and echo loading. So let’s take a look at the deepest seas in the world

5. Deep Litke, Eurasian Basin in Arctic Ocean: 5450 m (17,881 ft)
Litke Deep sea is located in northeast Greenland in the Eurasian Basin in the Arctic Ocean. The Litke is the deepest point in the Arctic Ocean by 5450 meters.
Eurasian Basin, is one of the two main streams in which the Arctic Basin of the Arctic Ocean is divided by the Lomonosov Ridge. This is the addition of the North Atlantic Basin.

Deep Littke Eurasian Basin in Arctic Ocean

Top 10 Most Intelligent Dog Breeds in the World

Most intelligent dog breeds in the world must be one of one of the most intelligent animals. They can be trained and help people doing various works that directed by human. But The intelligence of each dog is different depend on their breeds. Here’s top 10 most intelligent dog breeds in the world

10. Australian Cattle Dog
This breed is very active. They need regular exercise, both physically and mentally. They originally developed in Australia. They are independent thinkers, creative (in the dog version) and is very protective of their property, including the human own them.

Australian Cattle Dog

Oasis of the Seas, The World’s Largest Cruise Ship

Oasis of the Seas is a luxury cruise ship owned by Royal Caribbean International fleet. Oasis gross weight is 225,282 tons, several times the size of the titanic ship. The power comes from the six ship diesel engines, each machine can produce 18,860 kilowatts of electricity and three 12-cylinder engine with each producing 13,860 kilowatts.

Oasis have facilities such as two level roof and luxury room sized 1600 square feet (150m2) with balcony facing the sea off, a casino, a miniature golf course, four swimming pools, volleyball and basketball field, theme parks, and playground for children and Mall.
Here’s how this super luxury cruise ship looks like:

Oasis from 500 meters

The Most Powerful Fish to Live Without Water – Mangrove Rivulus

US scientist’s research reveal that tropical fish that live in the swamp is able to survive for months without water. One of these fish species are mangrove rivulus (Rivulus marmoratus) that live in mangrove swamp along the American continent.

Once the dry season arrives and the water shortage shrinking, this fish, that can only grow to 7.5 inch size, sometime is trapped in the hollow trunk of the tree made of insects, coconut, and even tin cans.
They live huddled in a dirt hole and breathe using the skin rather than gills.

The Largest Underground Military Base in The World

Located in Sweden, Muskö underground military facility is the world’s largest underground military facility. Used for the Naval Station.
Built under a granite mountain, so It’s impossible to destroy with cannon, fragmentation bomb bunker even though the nuclear missiles.
Musko used to manufacture ships Frigate, Destroyer ships and submarines has the longest pier reaches 350 meters.
There was a repair ship, hospital, dining rooms, barracks, mall, meeting rooms, etc. All under the mountain.
There is also hospital. If there is a war thousands of soldiers wounded / injured could be treated inside the hospital with a capacity of 1000 beds reach.

Musko Underground Military Facility 1

8 Activities Prohibited After You Eat

Here’s some activities prohibited to be done after You eat. Some of these activities are usually done by us. So Maybe better not to do that again after You read this post


1. Do not smoke

Do not smoke after eat

Experiment from experts proves that smoking a cigarette after a meal comparable to smoking 10 cigarettes (the possibility of cancer is higher).

10 Bad Habits that Destruct Brain,Love your Brain

10 little habits that destruct your brain

It’s good if you re-examine the little habits that you think is simple but have  negative impact on your brain, those habits are:

1. Do Not Want Breakfast
Many people underestimate the breakfast. And do not consume anything in the morning and caused the decline in blood sugar levels.

10 Most Popular Persons in Twitter

As Twitter become one of the most popular application, people starting to measure the popularity of persons with the number of follower in one’s twitter account. Here’s the Top 10 Most Popular persons based on Their Follower (update December 23rd 2009)
10. Kim Kardashian (KimKardashian): 2,711,782

Kim Kardashian

7 Most Strange Medical Treatment over the world

People sometimes use strange and weird method to do medical treatment. Here are 7 ways the most strange medical treatments from several regions in the world.

7. South African AIDS treatment: Sex with a Virgin
A survey found more than 1 / 3 of the people in this country believe in this unique ancient treatment. Yep .. sex with a virgin, that is believed to be able to clean the germs in the body causing AIDS. This myth appears in South Africa which is a country with the highest levels of sexual violence.

sex with virgin medical treatment for aids in south africa

Top 10 Most Dangerous Poisons in the World

Be careful with these most dangerous poisons in the world. There’s a lot of poisons in the world. We should know about that to understand the bad effect on those poisons and get rid of them. Here’s top 10 most dangerous poisons in the world We should get rid of them, or at least We have to use them in a good way.

10. Castor bean
Castor oil is used as a food additive in candy and chocolate. Not a lot persons know that this plant’s seeds contain very toxic ricin poison. Few seeds chewable can be fatal. Two death were recorded in the period 1999-2004 because of this seeds.

Castor bean

Pygmy Marmoset, Smallest Monkey in the World

This monkey is the smallest monkey in the world and very funny . very small because so much is similar to human fingers, and this may seem very strange because usually the size of a monkey quite striking. The length of the funny monkey is only about 5 to 6 inch in long excluding tail.
This smallest monkey in this world is only live in the forest area of Ecuador and brazil. The monkeys are small and cute usually live in groups of 2 to 6 tails only.
This animals must be very funny, if We can make our pets. But Imagine how much You should pay for this? This average price is about $1500 USD. So Maybe You can consider to buy this animal if You have that amount of money just for pets.

pygmy marmoset

The Smallest Baby Born Alive in the World

The smallest baby born alive is the world’s most premature living baby, Amillia Taylor, who was born at 21 weeks and six days, appears in this undated handout photo by the Baptist Children’s Hospital in Miami. Born 24 October 2006, Amillia Taylor weighed just 280 grams (10 ounces) and measured 240 centimeters (9.5 inches,) slightly longer than a ballpoint pen, according to the hospital. The American Association of Pediatrics indicates that babies born at less than 23 weeks of age and 400 grams in weight are not considered viable. Amillia is headed home after spending four months in a neonatal intensive care unit, Baptist Children’s Hospital in Miami (announced 19 February 2007).

The Biggest Baby from India

Do You know how big is a baby can be? Here’s the world’s record 2007 of Baby from India.

The biggest baby from India

Age                        : 11 months
Weight                 : 52.5kg
Eat Per Day         : 1 kg Rice and 5 liters of milk, beef 2kg
Place of birth     : India-Rajasthan

If He become adult, will He be fatter than this one?

  

Fattest Human in the World from Mexico

The Fattest Human in the World from Mexico

Manuel Uribe, a Mexican man, was named the fattest person in the world by the “Guinness Book of World Records”. In 2006, Manuel Uribe has entered into a television show to ask for help to lose weight. He weighs 560 Kgs now.
” I am delighted to be crowned the world’s fattest man, but also happy because I managed to lose weight to 200 Kgs. “” Uribe Said.
Uribe overweight began when he was a teenager in 1992 with a weight of more than 112 Kgs.

However, Uribe now has a girlfriend and wanted to have kids.

Manuel Uribe Fattest human in the world

Top 7 Most Bizarre Phenomenon in the World

Not everyone knows about these most bizarre phenomenon in the world as world is very large. There’s a lot of phenomenon in the world that makes us amazing. Those amazing phenomenon happen as a part of human life. Some of those phenomenon is bizarre one. Here’s top 7 most bizarre phenomenon in the world that maybe You haven’t know:

1. Eternal lightning in Venezuela
Catatumbo lightning is a bizarre and unique natural phenomenon in the world. Located at the mouth of the river at Lake Maracaibo Catatumbo. This phenomenon is a cloud lightning that forms a “line” of flash along 5 kilometers, each 140 to 160 nights a year, for 10 hours each night, and more than 280 times in 1 hour. This could almost be called ‘permanent storm’. It has the intensity of lightning 400,000 amperes, and visible up to 400 km away. According to research, lightning collision occurred because the wind coming from the Andes. The lightning is also used as navigation by sailors.

Eternal lightning in Venezuela

5 Most Beautiful Photos from Natural Disasters

Disasters sometimes create a lot of damage, materially or the number of death. Sometimes disasters can be predicted, but in many cases disaster can’t be predictable. Beneath the damage, the disaster sometime is a great subject of photography and sometimes create very beautiful images. Here is some of beautiful photographs from destructive disasters:

Tornado Freeze

Top 10 Most Amazing Bridges in The World

Bridge sometime is a parameter of development of a country. Sometime bridge also can be use as a symbol of art. Here’s 10 most amazing bridge around the world:

10. Ponte Vecchio (Italy): Oldest and Most Famous of its kind
The Ponte Vecchio in Florence is one of the most famous tourist spots in Italy, and is thought to be the oldest wholly-stone built, segmental arch bridge in Europe, although there are many partial segments which date further back. It was originally built of wood until destroyed by floods in 1333, and twelve years later it was rebuilt using stone. Famous for its lining of shops, the bridge has housed everybody from Medieval merchants and butchers to souvenir stalls and art dealers.

Ponte Vecchio (Italy): Oldest and Most Famous of its kind

Top 10 Highest Bridges in the World

One of the human achievement is building these highest bridges in the world. Those bridges is amazing structure that made to connect to place in very high condition. One of the problem with the height is the gravity itself. So here’s the highest bridges in the world:

10. The Verrazano Narrows Bridge
Named after the famous Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazano, this bridge has a tower 693 feet height and has a central span of 4260 feet (1298 m). Built in 1964 until 1981. It is the largest suspension bridge in the world. The bridge connects Brooklyn with Staten Island and has played an important role in the development of the Big Apple area.

The Verrazano Narrows Bridge

Saddam's GOLD and GOLDEN gun pictures

World's Tallest Models...

World's Tallest Models...

Here's some important advice to women who are interesting in becoming a model: A 6'3" friend of mine who is actually a catwalk model has compiled her thoughts and sent me her "notes on modelling". Plus: "What if someone wants me to model for them?".

Are you looking for women 5'10" or over to present your product, appear on Television or in a movie? Our tallest models are 6'9" and 6'7" respectively and really outstanding. Feel free to browse all models...

Not all of these ladies are, of course, the typical model type (like Twiggy, Moss, Schiffer etc.). In fact they come in different shapes and sizes. That is why we also have a "Physique" column in the list below.

Sara - 6'4"

Angie- 6'6"

Aly - 6'7"

Caroline - 6'9"

Michelle-6'1 1/4"

Isis-6'9

Tall(est) Models- Angie (6'6")

Angie (6'6")

Tall(est) Models- Aly (6'7")

Aly (6'7")

Meet Aly, the most beautiful woman I know and - as far as I am aware - the Tallest Woman in Canada.

Tall(est) Models-Caroline (6'9")

Caroline (6'9")
She's still one of the two tallest models in the world and the (joint) tallest woman in Germany

I don't know how to best put it - I guess "stunning" describes Caro perfectly... Check out her Wikipedia entry and her personal website

Tall(est) Models- Sara (6'4")

Sara (6'4")

World's Tallest Woman