Suicides in New York City : during the eleven years ending Dec. 31, 1880, showing the sex, age, color, nativity, means used for self-destruction, and the season of the year when committed, together with a comparison of the deaths by suicide in two hundred and forty-seven American and foreign cities, in the year 1880, obtained from official sources, and the proportion of suicides to the population of New York City from the year 1804 to 1880, inclusive / by John T. Nagle.

  • Nagle, John T.
Date:
1882
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Credit: Suicides in New York City : during the eleven years ending Dec. 31, 1880, showing the sex, age, color, nativity, means used for self-destruction, and the season of the year when committed, together with a comparison of the deaths by suicide in two hundred and forty-seven American and foreign cities, in the year 1880, obtained from official sources, and the proportion of suicides to the population of New York City from the year 1804 to 1880, inclusive / by John T. Nagle. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    In 1857 there was one suicide in every 10,059 of the population. In 1S58 there was one suicide in every 10,054 of the population. In 1859 there was one suicide in every 13,997 of the population. In i860 there was one suicide in every 12,994 of the population. In 1861 there was one suicide in every 18,599 of the population. In 1862 there was one suicide in every 19,333 of the population. In 1863 there was one suicide in every 17,233 of the population. In 1864 there was one suicide in every 23,827 of the population. In 1865 there was one suicide in every 20,746 of the population. In 1866 there was one suicide in every 16,391 of the population. In 1867 there was one suicide in every 10,454 of the population. In 1868 there was one suicide in every 9,319 of the population. In 1869 there was one suicide in every 9,095 of the population. In 1870 there was one suicide in every 9,329 of the population. In 1871 there was one suicide in every 8,374 of the population. In 1872 there was one suicide in every 6,716 of the population. In 1873 there was one suicide in every 8,303 of the population. In 1874 there was one suicide in every 5,515 of the population. In 1875 there was one suicide in every 6,721 of the population. In 1876 there was one suicide in every 7,037 of the population. In 1877 there was one suicide in every 7,225 of the population. In 1878 there was one suicide in every 7,629 of the population. In 1879 there was one suicide in every 9,381 of the population. In 1880 there was one suicide in every 7,938 of the population. The table showing the ages of suicides for the past eleven years presents some interesting features. It shows that during this period there were twelve suicides of boys and three of girls, whose ages ranged from ten to fifteen years, and that one man and two women aged from eighty to eighty- five committed suicide. The oldest person who committed suicide during this period was a woman of German birth, aged ninety-one years and four months, for eleven years a resident of this city, who took her own life by severing the vessels of her arm with a razor. The greatest number of suicides among males were be- tween the ages of thirty-five and forty years; among females between the ages of thirty and thirty-five years. The accompanying table will show the age and sex of suicides for each of the past eleven years.