Can't beat quality of life in Scandinavia, says world ranking (2 Viewers)
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Argh.. I hate this kind of rankings.
Nordic countries are more environmental and have achieved social peace more than anywhere in the world.
Granted.
What does it say about actual quality of life? That's so subjective.
I lived for one year in Berlin. And I have to say it offered me the best quality of life I've seen. Restaurants, bars, clubs everywhere you look, and pretty cheap too; A great alternative scene, a free atmosphere, bruising modern art, great mobility, a lot of space to live, friendliest people I ever met. Yet, high unemployment, and not rich.
Saying nordic countries offer the best quality of life implies that you earn enough to go out; buy what you want (including alcohol at a normal price), that you don't mind the cold & the dark, etc...
And how could Paris be 4th best city to live in? Huge traffic problems, unfriendly people, pollution, hard as hell to find a decent place to live in, not to mention riots. Go and ask the lads in the Cités how they feel about the ranking.
Nordic countries are more environmental and have achieved social peace more than anywhere in the world.
Granted.
What does it say about actual quality of life? That's so subjective.
I lived for one year in Berlin. And I have to say it offered me the best quality of life I've seen. Restaurants, bars, clubs everywhere you look, and pretty cheap too; A great alternative scene, a free atmosphere, bruising modern art, great mobility, a lot of space to live, friendliest people I ever met. Yet, high unemployment, and not rich.
Saying nordic countries offer the best quality of life implies that you earn enough to go out; buy what you want (including alcohol at a normal price), that you don't mind the cold & the dark, etc...
And how could Paris be 4th best city to live in? Huge traffic problems, unfriendly people, pollution, hard as hell to find a decent place to live in, not to mention riots. Go and ask the lads in the Cités how they feel about the ranking.
Fine, so the standard of living is top quality.
However, I hear there's a high suicide rate in Scandinavia. Mostly teenagers-young adults...apparently from the overwhelming situation should one fail school/university. Saw it on a BBC documentary once. basically if the kid doesn't make it in school, he's screwed and won't be guaranteed any good job after that.
However, I hear there's a high suicide rate in Scandinavia. Mostly teenagers-young adults...apparently from the overwhelming situation should one fail school/university. Saw it on a BBC documentary once. basically if the kid doesn't make it in school, he's screwed and won't be guaranteed any good job after that.
It's probably you.
I don't like here either but everytime i go away somewhere it's all great but to be honest i wouldn't live anywhere else except in Croatia.
Only thing i would change is the city where i live, you live in a pretty decent town i wouldn't mind living in Rijeka, i lived in Crikvenica for nine years.
I don't like here either but everytime i go away somewhere it's all great but to be honest i wouldn't live anywhere else except in Croatia.
Only thing i would change is the city where i live, you live in a pretty decent town i wouldn't mind living in Rijeka, i lived in Crikvenica for nine years.
"Finland has one of the highest rates of suicide mortality in the world. While the suicide rate per 100 000 mean population was 27.2 (males and females together) in the year 1995, it was 14.2 (1996) in Sweden, 12.6 (1995) in Norway and 10.1 (1995) in Iceland. When compared with other European countries, the suicide rate was 7.5 (1994) in Great Britain, 20.8 (1994) in France and 9.8 (1995) in the Netherlands. Respectively, the rates for suicides were 16.7 (1994) in Japan, 13.5 (1995) in Canada, and 11.9 (1995) in the USA (Statistics Finland 1999a).
Statistics kept on the deaths due to suicide in Finland are considered reliable. The Finnish law requires that in every case of a violent, sudden or unexpected death, the possibility of suicide is assessed by police and medico-legal investigations involving autopsy and forensic examinations (edited: as is the case in Belgium). At present, a medico-legal investigation is conducted in majority of the suicides in Finland. It is estimated that about 90% of the suicides committed in Finland are correctly classified as suicides (Karkola 1990). On the other hand, expressed in a different way, official suicide rates have been found to be underestimated by 10% (Öhberg & Lönnqvist 1998b).
Research into suicides in Finland has resulted in many scientific reports, which consider the aetiology of suicides from different viewpoints. For instance, suicides have been found to be strongly associated with mental disorders (Isometsä 1994a, Marttunen et al. 1991, Lönnqvist et al. 1995, Henriksson 1996, Heilä 1999, Lönnqvist 2000a,b) and/or alcohol and other substance abuse (Marttunen 1994, Pirkola 1999a). In addition, adverse events in the lives of suicidal persons have been found to be a common factor before the suicide (Heikkinen 1994, Marttunen 1994). These reports have originated from the National Suicide Prevention Project in Finland. The project was set up in 1986 by the Finnish National Board of Health to examine various risk factors linked with suicidal behaviour and to reduce suicide mortality in Finland by about 20% (Lönnqvist 1988, Lönnqvist et al. 1993, Beskow et al. 1999). The findings of this project have had significant implications for suicide prevention and research in Finland."
from: http://herkules.oulu.fi/isbn9514256042/html/x335.html
Statistics kept on the deaths due to suicide in Finland are considered reliable. The Finnish law requires that in every case of a violent, sudden or unexpected death, the possibility of suicide is assessed by police and medico-legal investigations involving autopsy and forensic examinations (edited: as is the case in Belgium). At present, a medico-legal investigation is conducted in majority of the suicides in Finland. It is estimated that about 90% of the suicides committed in Finland are correctly classified as suicides (Karkola 1990). On the other hand, expressed in a different way, official suicide rates have been found to be underestimated by 10% (Öhberg & Lönnqvist 1998b).
Research into suicides in Finland has resulted in many scientific reports, which consider the aetiology of suicides from different viewpoints. For instance, suicides have been found to be strongly associated with mental disorders (Isometsä 1994a, Marttunen et al. 1991, Lönnqvist et al. 1995, Henriksson 1996, Heilä 1999, Lönnqvist 2000a,b) and/or alcohol and other substance abuse (Marttunen 1994, Pirkola 1999a). In addition, adverse events in the lives of suicidal persons have been found to be a common factor before the suicide (Heikkinen 1994, Marttunen 1994). These reports have originated from the National Suicide Prevention Project in Finland. The project was set up in 1986 by the Finnish National Board of Health to examine various risk factors linked with suicidal behaviour and to reduce suicide mortality in Finland by about 20% (Lönnqvist 1988, Lönnqvist et al. 1993, Beskow et al. 1999). The findings of this project have had significant implications for suicide prevention and research in Finland."
from: http://herkules.oulu.fi/isbn9514256042/html/x335.html
For example, this table here http://www.who.int/mental_health/prevention/suicide/suiciderates/en/ shows me that there are many other countries having higher rates than Scandinavian countries, one of them is your very own Belgium.
As for this one here http://fathersforlife.org/health/who_suicide_rates.htm
It shows that Belgium's suicide rate is almost double that of Norway.
It shows that Belgium's suicide rate is almost double that of Norway.
Then we come to this one http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_rate
And here we see that the FIRST Scandinavian country comes in 12th place.
I'm sorry to disappoint the lot of you here, but today I feel like a myth buster.
And here we see that the FIRST Scandinavian country comes in 12th place.
I'm sorry to disappoint the lot of you here, but today I feel like a myth buster.