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Originally Posted by Nyororin
My guess is more that elderly committing suicide aren`t presented as "suicide" if there is any way for them not to be. It`s easy to explain away the death of someone 60+, but not for a younger person. I can`t imagine any family outright admitting it was suicide, even to someone involved in the funeral process, unless they had no other choice.
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Most suicides I saw were obvious, hanging, charcoal, jumping off building or in front of a train. Older people were more difficult to tell, and toxicology reports take weeks. As Nyoroin says, no family admitted to it unless it was unavoidable.