Community Structures and their Link to Suicide

Studies have identified communities under 4,000 (2) and rural males (3) as at higher risk of suicide.  This is relevant to Gippsland, which has smaller townships and farming communities.

Source:
Suicide in Rural and Remote Areas of Australia, Kolves, K., Milner, A., McKay, K. and DeLeo, D. (2012) The Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Brisbane, 2012 (2)
Rural Male Suicide, Alston, M. Social Science and Medicine, 74 (2012) 515-522 (3)