₦airaland Forum

MaxInDHouse:
I'm a Christian so just like my Master Lord and King the only thing that could make me relate with outsiders is matters relating to faith in God anything else i will do with my fellow believers only!🙂

Yet you're using an atheist's privately owned platform to "relate with outsiders". If everyone behaved like you will there be the vibrant, interesting platform you now have and love to always be on?

tctrills:
Now you are comparing just 2 states vyou will never get a comprehensive result doing this. I gave you a whole list of states and countries. Comparing 2 states t8mell almost nothing.

Meanwhile, here are the top 10 suicidal states and the 10 states with the least rate. You will notice that temperature has nothing to do with this

Rank,State,"Suicide Rate (per 100,000)"
1,Alaska,28.15
2,Montana,26.65
3,Wyoming,26.31
4,Idaho,23.28
5,New Mexico,22.76
6,Oklahoma,21.79
7,Utah,21.51
8,Colorado,20.89
9,South Dakota,20.66
10,Arkansas,20.23


Rank,State,"Suicide Rate (per 100,000)"
1,New Jersey,7.2
2,New York,8.3
3,Massachusetts,8.6
4,Connecticut,9.1
5,Maryland,9.3
6,Rhode Island,9.4
7,California,10.2
8,Illinois,11.9
9,Delaware,12.8
10,Virginia,13.6

List of states in the US from warmest to coldest
1. Florida: 70.7°F
2. Hawaii: 70.0°F
3. Louisiana: 66.4°F
4. Texas: 64.8°F
5. Georgia: 63.5°F
6. Mississippi: 63.4°F
7. Alabama: 62.8°F
8. South Carolina: 62.4°F
9. Arkansas: 60.4°F
10. Arizona: 60.3°F
11. Oklahoma: 59.6°F
12. California: 59.4°F
13. North Carolina: 59.0°F
14. Tennessee: 57.6°F
15. Kentucky: 55.6°F
16. Delaware: 55.3°F
17. Virginia: 55.1°F
18. Missouri: 54.5°F
19. Kansas: 54.3°F
20. Maryland: 54.2°F
21. New Mexico: 53.4°F
22. New Jersey: 52.7°F
23. Illinois: 51.8°F
23. West Virginia: 51.8°F
25. Indiana: 51.7°F
26. Ohio: 50.7°F
27. Rhode Island: 50.1°F
28. Nevada: 49.9°F
29. Connecticut: 49.0°F
30. Nebraska: 48.8°F
30. Pennsylvania: 48.8°F
32. Utah: 48.6°F
33. Oregon: 48.4°F
34. Washington: 48.3°F
35. Massachusetts: 47.9°F
36. Iowa: 47.8°F
37. New York: 45.4°F
38. South Dakota: 45.2°F
39. Colorado: 45.1°F
40. Idaho: 44.4°F
40. Michigan: 44.4°F
42. New Hampshire: 43.8°F
43. Wisconsin: 43.1°F
44. Vermont: 42.9°F
45. Montana: 42.7°F
46. Wyoming: 42.0°F
47. Minnesota: 41.2°F
48. Maine: 41.0°F
49. North Dakota: 40.4°F
50. Alaska: 26.6°F

U r comparing apples and oranges. Compare different sections of the country amongst themselves. Example, Northeast - notice the warmest have the lowest rates? So also West, South, North Central, etc. Then throw in immigration and other factors.
Bottom line, common sense ought to tell you that people feel more down in damp (or rainy), cold, less-sun weather. There's even a name for it. See below

Krankhead:
I DON'T KNOW WHY PEOPLE RESIDE IN NIGERIA WILL JUST BE ANALYSING USA ISSUES. THEY EVEN BELIVE THEY KNOW MORE THAN PROPLE THAT RESIDE IN USA

Same reason they analyze Liverpool vs Aston Villa or debate Kamala vs Trump

femi4:
They don't practice it the way we do

No vigil

Offering isnt forced

Sunday service is max 2 hrs cos people still have to go to work. Infact most of them use sunday as rest day after sat party hangover

No open preaching

You cant discuss religious matter at work, keep it to yourself

Also see screenshot above - like I was saying. It's not all about religion

tctrills:
So the cure for depression is so simple: move to warm places.
Using this Earth-scattering discovery, we can be sure that the rate of suicide in states like Arizona, Texas, and Florida would be much lower than in Alaska, New York, Greenland, Iceland, and Norway, right?

See below. Mind you, California has Skid Row and much more destitute and homeless/hopeless people!

Patriotic9ja:
Lol🤣🤣🤣 you harsh oo. You want make the pesin suffer use im last strength till he kpai?

Which energy he go come use trek reach heaven abi hellufaya?

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We just trying to figure out a way to commit suicide without using equipment or disturbing people, and so far, all we can come up with is Third Mainland Bridge!

Uchesis:
You just nailed it bro.

It is the religious belief that when one commits suicide, such a person is going straight to hellfire.

Also the "E go better" narrative sold to us from the day we were born.

Fela said it all when he sang the song "suffering and smiling"

Maybe.
But if fear of hell doesn't stop Nigerians from scamming, corruption, and money rituals, you think it'll keep them from committing suicide if they come to that point

LordReed:
Well, it still won't factor into a japa decision for me.

You won't at all consider that maybe it is not the heaven it is cracked up to be?

thedio:
lol. I think their major prob is loneliness and if u av any issue u r on ur own. Nothing like ur bro, sis, cousin or any checking on u

I think it is more than that. If you're susceptible to depression you're more likely to kill yourself if you're in a cold, damp place. There's also the issue of it being easier to get trapped in debt

MrSly:
It has nothing to suggest.

Don't you think that maybe it suggests that no place is heaven?

femi4:
Upbringing or background matters

What triggers suicide over there is like a normal day to day struggles in Nigeria

Imagine people committing suicide for heart breaks or loss of bets

I don't think so. If you're prone to depression it'd be exacerbated by a sunless, cold, damp place. Then there is also the issue of easily getting trapped in debt, and also not being able to bribe your way out of embarrassing stuff

tctrills:
Suicide is more of a cultural and maybe religions issue than it is a reflection of the socioeconomic state of a country.

That's why you don't see Gaza, Yemen, Iran and Afghanistan top the list.
You are not likely to end your life if you Japa. No fear

One might not end one's life (though one also might - depression is no respecter of persons), but one might be wondering why so many of them choose that route - the ultimate vote of no confidence in a place!

tachhub:
Is it suicide you want to go and do there ?

Good question. No, but I might be considering why so many of them are committing suicide - which is the ultimate vote of no confidence. It is one thing to TALK all day how Nigeria is horrible, it is quite another to actually KILL yourself

Jughead29:
You're more than an illit**te to compare without proper analysis... 5 states in this country is already larger than Nigeria out of 50

Same way some id***tts will be comparing prices of commodities in US to Nigeria

Oga, rate has nothing to do with total population. Go school, una go say school na scam.
10 per 1000 is higher than 3 per 1000, no matter what the total populations!

nairalanda1:
Religious belief in the UK is on the decline. Many don't go to church regularly. Less than 50 % are christian and more identify as no religion. Only one million people go to church ie sunday-sunday, regularly

It's so bad that there are empty church buildings . All over the place. Islam accounts for 6.5% of the population

It is even rumored that the heir to the throne doesn't even believe in God. Allegedly.

Yeah, but if Nigerians' religion doesn't stop them from being scammers and corrupt, what makes you think it'd stop them from suicide?

yesloaded:
Maybe we consult the oracle

I honestly don't think we need oracle for that. It is obviously their exposure to being trapped in debt and their cold, damp, sunless westher!

LordReed:
It's good to note that they state official rate because especially in places like ours where mental health issues and suicides have taboo connotations, they are inevitably under reported.

That said I would not make a japa decision based on it, the other factors driving a japa decision would weigh far more than the suicide rate.

But it also has taboo connotations over there. Besides, the difference is too much to be accounted for by just that. I think it has a lot to do with their cold, damp, sunless environment, and exposure to high debt via credit cards and other credit facilities that easily trap the average person.

Fido24:
Also find the cause of suicide in the respective countries.
you will discovered that in Nigeria, the major cause is frustration due to lack of Job or money which may not be the case in UK/USA

I think debt also has a lot to do with it, besides their cold, damp environment. If credit cards were introduced in Nigeria suicide would double

obaidan:
Nigerians no dey go hospital na.. so data does not show the high rate of mental disorder

Nigeria keeps meticulous record of suicides.
The magins are too wide to be accounted for by just data

Patriotic9ja:
That's true. But the pesin need to pay transport to get there na 😂😂🤣. Seems suicide is too expensive in 9ja o

Hmmm... didn't think of that. But wait, you can also trek, can't you?

RichBoy247:
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We have installed CCTV on 3rd Mainland Bridge, if we anybody there trying to swim the Lagoon to hell, such a person will whipped mercilessly. We are watching them all from our control room, our boys are at both ends of the bridge with horse whip a.k.a. Koboko to whip anybody endtime Lagoon swimming mercilessly

Hmmm.. but how'd you know they intend to jump. You can only act after they jump

MaxInDHouse:
I'm sorry if it's not about faith you can't find me there that's why you won't see my post on any other section except on RELIGION!

That's one aspect of religion that is BAD! How can you allow yourself be made so narrow-minded. So much in God’s world to explore and appreciate and you are mentally trapped in one space. Sad, in my opinion

Donald49:
They document suicides in those countries but who documents it in Nigeria.

What do you mean? Suicide is meticulously documented in Nigeria.
You believe poverty rate though!

Jughead29:
Nonsense comparison.. Do you know how many States are in the US?

Alaska alone is larger than Nigeria

Do you know the meaning of "rate"? You can't be this illit*rate

MaxInDHouse I read somewhere JW have higher suicide rates?

nairalanda1:
It might be higher in Nigeria than the recorded data says(and that is a speculative comment mind you)...but we cannot say for sure whether it is higher than that of the UK, until we fix the records issue.

How come we take other rates, like poverty rate, as accurate

Slippy:
1. Nigerians are resilient - if not millions would have gone given the situation right now
2. Cultural taboo to die by suicide
3. Likely fake data - Who even keeps this record in Nigeria?

It's environment. If you uprooted Nigeria and put it in some cold, sunless place, the suicide rate would quadruple

ifeanyija:
Nigeria don't keep data, is higher in nIgeria than those countries

The difference is too much. It can't be just data

Racoon:
Suicide may not be higher in Nigeria because of the resilient spirit of an average Nigerian.

It is environment sir. This our sun does something

Tenses:
Compare the cause of the suicide. US wey grown up man dog go die he go begin contemplate suicide. But here for naija, ronu wey him and his 21 member family never chop go still get strength to defend tinubu there tiny god.

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I think it is environment though. Prolonged stay in a cold, damp place would depress anyone

CodeTemplarr:
The fear of hell caused it.

Hmmm... how?