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41. Terry, a 73-year-old widower, was in the hospital for six months with cancer. Finally, the painful treatments got to be too much for him and he just gave up and let himself die. This passive form of suicide is best considered to be an example of: a. suicide-by-proxy b. anticipatory suicide c. submissive death d. unilateral death 42. Lance’s doctor told him 15 years ago that if he did not change his lifestyle, the drinking, smoking, and drug abuse were going to kill him. Lance didn’t heed the warning, claiming that if he died no one would miss him anyway, and now he has died. Lance’s situation is best considered to be an example of: a. suicidal erosion b. passive death c. assisted suicide d. unilateral death 43. Suicide that occurs when one simply gives up and allows oneself die is called: a. submissive death b. suicidal erosion c. vital loss d. palliative suicide 44. If all of the following people are the same age, who is statistically most likely to commit suicide? a. Alan, a White man b. Jeffrey, a Black man c. Lacey, a Black women d. Juan, a Hispanic man 45. If all of the following people are the same age, who is statistically LEAST likely to commit suicide? a. Tasha, a Black woman b. Ryan, a Black man c. Lindsey, a White woman d. Robert, a White man 46. The greatest number of suicides occurs among: a. female adolescents b. male adolescents c. older women d. older men 47. A small town has experienced an unusually high suicide rate in recent years. Local officials try to prevent future suicides by concentrating their efforts on those most likely to commit suicide. These people would be: a. women under age 21 b. women between ages 21 and 35 c. men under age 21 d. men over age 75 48. For White adults over the age 85, which of the following is true? a. Men are 10 times more likely to commit suicide than women. b. Women are 10 times more likely to commit suicide than men. c. Men are 4 times more likely to commit suicide than women. d. Women are 4 times more likely to commit suicide than men. 49. If you examined a stack of death certificates of White people age 85 and older who died of suicide and find that 100 of these belong to women, you would guess that the number of men’s records in this stack would number about: a. 100 b. 200 c. 400 d. 1,000 50. Statistics indicate that, among those age 85 and older, for every 100 women who commit suicide, about ____ men commit suicide. a. 100 b. 200 c. 400 d. 1,000