Let's adopt the Parliamentary System

[Stephen E Philion]

I heard a talk a few years ago by an NZ sociologist who reported that NZ's
suicide rates jumped noticeably after privatization-union busting reforms
were in place.  Also, among Maoris the #s skyrocketed. The charts he had
were stunning. 

Steve

Stephen Philion
Lecturer/PhD Candidate
Department of Sociology
2424 Maile Way
Social Sciences Bldg. # 247
Honolulu, HI 96822

On Thu, 11 May 2000, Doug Henwood wrote:


> Bill Cochrane wrote:
> 
> >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
>