1898 10,835 8,544 2,291 1899 10,761 8,460 2,301 1900 11,393 8,987 2,406 1902 12,336 9,765 2,571 1904 12,468 9,704 2,764 1907 12,777 9,753 3,024 For each 100 male suicides there were female suicides: During 1898, 26.8; during 1899, 27.2; during 1900, 26.8; during 1904, 28.5; during 1907, 31. But during the period of life from the fifteenth to the thirtieth year, the rate of suicide is higher among women than among men. The following table shows the ratio between the 15th and 20th, and between the 21st and 30th year: During 15th to 20th year. 21st to 30th year. the years. Male. Female. Male. Female. Prussia 1896–1900 5.3 10.7 16. 20.2 Denmark 1896–1900 4.6 8.3 12.4 14.8 Switzerland 1884–1899 3.3 6.7 16.1 21. France 1887–1891 3.5 8.2 10.9 14.[46] The following table shows the ratio of male and female suicides in Saxony between the 21st and 30th year: Men. Women. 1854–1868 14.95 18.64 1868–1880 14.71 18.79 1881–1888 15.3 22.3 We find an increased number of suicides among widowed and divorced persons also. In Saxony among divorced men the rate of suicide is seven times as high, among divorced women three times as high, as the average rate of suicide among men and women. Also suicide is more frequent among those widowed or divorced men and women who are childless. Among the unmarried women who are driven to suicide between the 21st and 30th year, there are many who have been betrayed in love or have “gone wrong.” Statistics show that an increase of illegal births is generally accompanied by an increase of female suicides. The rate of female suicides between the 16th and 21st year is exceptionally high, which also points to the conclusion that ungratified sexual impulse, love-sorrow, secret pregnancy or the deceit of men constitute frequent causes. In regard to the position of woman as a sex being, we find the following thought expressed by Professor Krafft-Ebing[47]: “One source of lunacy among women that should not be underrated, is their social position. Woman is by nature more desirous of love than man, at least in the ideal sense, and she has no honorable means of gratifying this desire except marriage (Mandsley). Marriage is, furthermore, her only means of livelihood. Through countless generations her character has been developed in this direction. Even the little girl is mother to her doll. Modern life with its increased demands is constantly diminishing the prospects of satisfaction through marriage. This is especially true of the upper classes where marriages are contracted less frequently and later in life.