The Salt Lake Tribune reports that the Utah state task force is trying to understand why suicide is the second leading cause of death for Utah's teenage males and young men, and why Utah's suicide rate is the sixth highest in the nation. The article downplays the alleged role of the LDS church's "too high expectations on young people," by pointing out that five states (all surrounding Utah) with higher suicide rates have lower percentages of Mormons. However, this is a statistical error ("ecological fallacy") because states have not identified religious affiliation of suicides who might actually be disproportionately Mormon. The Tribune refers to the U.S. Health Department's 1989 estimate that homosexual orientation is a factor in 30 percent of teenage suicides. The Deseret News excluded that estimate from its analysis of the federal report on 12 Aug. 1989 and has said little about this current Utah task force.
[The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn, [New Mormon History database ( http://bit.ly/NMHdatabase )]]
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