>For anyone who is even moderatly competent, the risk or danger
>of death from a suicide attempt should approach 100% leathality.
>(According to Wikipedia, average leathality of all suicide attempts
>is 5% to 10% worldwide.  So I guess a lot of the people who attempt
>suicide are posturing or are incompetent or both.)

This sounds like a problem with definition of 'attempt'.
What constitutes an attempt?
Is standing at the top of a precipice an attempt, or do you have to actually 
jump off for it to be classed as an attempt? 

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