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by rayiner 4442 days ago
Suicide rates are about 17.7 per 100,000 for men and 4.5 per 100,000 for women, and 11.3 overall. There are about 535,000 male physicians in the U.S., and 234,000 female physicians, and 66,000 of unreported gender. So the expected number of suicides would be 113 rather than 300.
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I don't have a citation handy, but it's my understanding that doctors attempt suicide at a rate less than the general population but when they do make a suicide attempt they are more likely to succeed.
I like you. Isn't suicide also extremely rare among adults with more than a bachelor's?