| MAY 9, 2012 |
| The Presence of Happy People Appears to Raise Suicide Risk |
| Countries and U.S. states with higher happiness levels tend to have higher suicide rates, says a team of researchers led by Mary C. Daly of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. For example, Utah is ranked number 1 in life satisfaction but has the ninth-highest suicide rate, whereas New York, ranked 45th in satisfaction, has the lowest suicide rate in the U.S. Unhappy people may become suicidally distressed by others' contentment, the researchers suggest. |
| Source: Dark contrasts: The paradox of high rates of suicide in happy places |
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