35 hours ago · That’s a 21.1% increase since 2000’s rate of 13.3 per 100,000 to 16.1. Yet there were variations in rates among people categorized by different occupational groups. The construction and extraction industries saw the most suicides, with 1,324, or 10.8% of these deaths in 2012, followed by management at 1,049 (8.5%) and production at 953 (7.7 ... >> Go To The Portal
Male dentists hold the highest suicide rate at 8.02 percent. Female dentists hold the fourth highest suicide rate at 5.28 percent. Physicians (7.87 percent), pharmacists (7.19 percent) and nurses (6.56 percent) also hold suicide rates much higher than the national average.
Factors found to be influencing dentists' suicide ranged from known occupational stressors, to toxins and substance abuse, and untreated mental health problems.
Dentists are often unhappy because they graduate with huge student loans (often around $200,000), and their jobs largely come with all the pressures—but not as much prestige—of running your own medical practice.