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MaserGT t1_j7dr17b wrote

Reply to comment by Snoo-11861 in Vitamin D supplements linked to reduced risk of suicide, study of veterans finds by thebelsnickle1991

There is no scientifically determined connection between proximity to the equator and suicide. Geographic variation in suicide rates is most likely the complex interaction of differences in social organisation, cultural traditions, and biological/genetic factors. The only established link with geographic location is that living at high altitudes increases risk of suicide.

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Snoo-11861 t1_j7dsdan wrote

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/070674370204700611

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/11176979_Evidence_That_Latitude_is_Directly_Related_to_Variation_in_Suicide_Rates

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MaserGT t1_j7e7gk3 wrote

Have you read the journal articles you’ve cited? They provide compilations of data and make some statistical inferences, i.e. correlation. They do not, nor do they purport to, establish a causal link between latitude and suicide rates.

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