It's a deadly business

Updated August 5 2014 - 10:14am, first published August 1 2014 - 3:48pm
Men are several times more likely to attempt suicide than women.
Men are several times more likely to attempt suicide than women.

Earlier this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a US government department, released a list of the professions in which suicide was the most prevalent. Here, in order, was the top five:

  • Dentists
  • Pharmacists
  • Physicians
  • Lawyers
  • Engineers

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