WATCHMAN’S WARNING!

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Watchman’s Warning of high suicide rates (per 100K, not %). At special risk are rural arctic natives & USA native & white men in rural states. Oklahoma is compared to & in the top 12 states in the nation for suicide: all having a high rural veteran populations. Veterans have a higher suicide rate than non-vets (especially among women). Rural Veterans are above 1/3 of all veterans at 39%; & of rural vets, more than 1/2, 54% are native.

While other states have high single or dual factors; USA states with the highest suicide rates have multiple vectors: several of which decrease Testosterone leading to an increased suicide risk. Also, higher than normal testosterone carries an increased suicide risk: *Androgenizing women
*Steroids to increase musculature.

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