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After taking a patient to the hospital for an unsuccessful suicide attempt, your partner states that this is the fifth suicide call he has had this month. Four of them have been women who were unsuccessful and the fifth was a man who shot himself in the head and was dead on the scene. Which one of the following responses is most accurate?


A) "That is odd since more men than women attempt suicide, and men are generally more unsuccessful than woman."
B) "That seems to make sense, given that more women than men attempt suicide but men are generally more successful."
C) "That is unusual given that women are generally more successful and tend to use more lethal means such as guns."
D) "Studies have shown that there is no difference in the frequency in which men and women attempt or commit suicide."

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