西方文明的一个显著特征是:尽管我们成功地降低了由疾病造成的死亡率,却没法减少由于失望导致的生命损失。据世界卫生组织统计,自本世纪五十年代初以来,男性和女性自杀事件在发达国家一直呈稳步增长趋势。 A notable feature of Western civilization is that while we have succeeded in reducing the mortality rate caused by the disease, we have not been able to reduce the loss of life due to disappointment. According to the statistics of the World Health Organization, since the early 1950s, the male and female suicides have been steadily increasing in developed countries.