>If I recall correctly NZ has one of the highest youth suicide rates in the
>west, particularly amongst young males.
Yes. Courtesy of your government's health ministry, I recently learned this:
Male Female average year New Zealand 37.9 14.0 25.9 1996 Finland 36.6 8.4 22.5 1995 Australia 27.0 4.1 15.6 1994 Canada 24.7 4.9 14.8 1995 USA 23.4 3.7 13.6 1994 Norway 20.8 4.4 12.6 1994 France 16.1 4.3 10.2 1994 Denmark 13.4 2.3 7.9 1993 Sweden 13.4 5.2 9.3 1995 Germany 13.3 3.9 8.6 1995 Japan 12.0 5.1 8.6 1994 United Kingdom 11.0 2.2 6.6 1995 Netherlands 9.2 4.4 6.8 1995