> [!zettel] > - keywords:: [[Golden Gate Bridge]], [[San Francisco]], [[Suicide]] > - location:: [[Golden Gate Bridge]], [[San Francisco]], [[California]] > - place:: [[San Francisco]] > - period:: [[1930s]], [[1940s]], [[1950s]], [[1960s]], [[1970s]], [[1980s]], [[1990s]], [[2000s]], [[2010s]], [[2020s]] - [i] related:: [[increase in Golden Gate Bridge jumpers surviving since 2010]] - [b] [[swan2022DoctorsStudiedMore|Swan, R. (2022, March 22). Doctors studied more than 2 decades of Golden Gate Bridge jumps. Their research shows why some manage to survive]] - ["] The impact of hitting the water is the equivalent force of a highway car crash on the body (75 mph, 120 km/h). The surface of the water is like cement. - ["] One of the major research challenges for studying bridge-related suicides is the small sample size. In a study since 2000, MarinHealth Medical Center and chair of the Department of Surgery has concluded: - survivors were appromixately 9 years younger than those who died - survivors had "significantly milder injuries" - ["] Major trauma to the body shown among fatalities - leading cause of death is cardiovascular (87.5% of fatalities) - 66.7% of deceased suffered intercranial injuries - approximately half had bruised lungs