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the presence of happy people appears to raise suicide risk

Countries and US 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 9th-highest suicide rate, whereas New York, ranked 45th in satisfaction, has the lowest suicide rate in the United States. Unhappy people may become suicidally distressed by others’ contentment, the researchers suggest.