Suicide Rates and Energy Consumption: Countries and U.S. States

I wanted to see if more energy can make people happier. So I collected data on energy consumption and suicide rates for world countries and U.S. States.
However, there was no significant relationship between the two. In other words, the "R square" value of a simple linear regression between energy consumption and suicide rates was mere 0.058. I can say,
"Affluent energy does NOT assure happy life."

Table. Suicide Rates and Energy Use: Countries and U.S. States

(All energy and U.S. suicide rates data are from the year 2007. Global suicide rates are from the latest data available.)

Country/State	Suicide Rate (deaths per 100,000 people)	Energy Consumption in 2007 (kg of oil equivalent per capita)
Maldives	0.3	883
Azerbaijan	0.6	1,833
Barbados	0.7	1,669
Peru	0.9	576
Bahamas	1.0	5,235
Dominican Republic	1.6	786
Kuwait	2.0	11,423
Philippines	2.1	348
Georgia	2.2	891
Guatemala	2.3	426
Armenia	2.4	1,875
Tajikistan	2.6	996
Greece	3.0	3,528
Bahrain	3.1	18,627
Cyprus	3.6	3,040
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3.7	752
Venezuela	3.8	2,974
Albania	4.0	869
Paraguay	4.1	1,753
Mexico	4.3	1,687
Brazil	4.6	1,313
Uzbekistan	4.7	2,072
Colombia	4.9	785
Italy	5.2	3,442
Israel	5.5	3,164
Panama	5.7	1,817
Grenada	5.9	898
Malta	6.0	2,595
District of Columbia	6.1	8,026
United Kingdom	6.1	3,868
Spain	6.5	3,744
Ecuador	6.8	840
El Salvador	6.8	574
New Jersey	6.9	7,991
New York	7.2	5,272
Nicaragua	7.2	334
Puerto Rico	7.4	2,727
Australia	7.5	6,764
Belize	7.6	1,399
Connecticut	7.7	6,287
Saint Lucia	7.7	915
Luxembourg	7.8	10,441
Thailand	7.8	1,482
Argentina	7.9	2,052
Portugal	7.9	2,627
Zimbabwe	7.9	376
Costa Rica	8.0	1,144
Macedonia	8.0	1,464
Massachusetts	8.0	5,902
Netherlands	8.5	6,657
Illinois	8.6	7,943
Turkmenistan	8.6	4,877
Kyrgyzstan	9.0	992
Rhode Island	9.1	5,206
Maryland	9.2	6,678
Germany	9.5	4,338
California	9.9	5,882
Bulgaria	10.1	2,887
Canada	10.2	10,766
Nebraska	10.2	9,868
Norway	10.2	10,539
Texas	10.2	12,507
Chile	10.3	1,662
Singapore	10.3	12,310
Slovakia	10.3	3,639
Georgia (US)	10.4	8,291
Hawaii	10.4	6,781
Mauritius	10.4	1,223
India	10.5	423
Denmark	10.6	4,030
Iowa	10.8	10,433
Delaware	11.0	8,830
Minnesota	11.0	9,115
Michigan	11.2	7,590
Romania	11.2	1,944
Ohio	11.3	8,890
Sweden	11.4	6,258
Virginia	11.4	8,545
Iceland	11.5	16,972
United States	11.5	8,496
Ireland	11.6	3,941
Pennsylvania	11.6	8,129
Bosnia and Herzegovina	11.8	1,521
North Carolina	11.9	7,525
New Hampshire	12.0	6,035
South Carolina	12.0	9,682
Trinidad and Tobago	12.0	16,843
Louisiana	12.2	21,702
Cuba	12.3	821
New Zealand	12.3	5,380
Czech Republic	12.4	4,024
Indiana	12.5	11,551
Alabama	12.8	11,612
Austria	12.8	4,669
South Dakota	12.8	9,253
Wisconsin	13.0	8,311
Seychelles	13.2	3,935
Washington	13.4	8,076
Mississippi	13.6	10,692
Missouri	13.7	8,419
Tennessee	13.7	9,551
Kansas	13.8	10,309
China	13.9	1,500
Poland	13.9	2,525
Arkansas	14.2	10,234
Florida	14.2	6,373
Utah	14.3	7,605
Vermont	14.3	6,582
Suriname	14.4	1,912
Maine	14.5	8,727
Oklahoma	14.7	11,234
France	14.9	4,533
Idaho	14.9	8,921
North Dakota	14.9	16,911
Croatia	15.0	2,215
Switzerland	15.1	4,262
Hong Kong	15.2	4,103
Kentucky	15.3	12,033
Moldova	15.7	774
Uruguay	15.8	1,294
Oregon	15.9	7,477
Arizona	16.0	6,257
West Virginia	16.6	11,841
Colorado	16.7	7,698
Slovenia	17.3	3,941
Belgium	17.6	6,669
Estonia	18.3	4,738
Finland	18.3	6,400
Nevada	18.4	7,668
Wyoming	19.3	23,904
Japan	19.4	4,535
Serbia	19.5	1,991
New Mexico	20.4	9,117
Montana	20.5	12,174
Latvia	20.7	2,077
Korea, South	21.5	5,070
Sri Lanka	21.6	268
Alaska	21.8	26,770
Hungary	21.8	2,791
Ukraine	22.6	3,450
Guyana	22.9	721
Kazakhstan	26.9	3,825
Russia	30.1	5,342
Lithuania	31.5	2,719
Belarus	35.1	3,078

Sources:

European Union suicide data: Eurostat. (2011). Death due to suicide, by gender - [tps00122]; Total. Retrieved March 1, 2011 from http://j.mp/EU_Suicide

Non-EU OECD suicide data: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (2010). Health: Key Tables from OECD. Retrieved from http://j.mp/OECD_Suicide

Non-OECD country suicide data: World Health Organization. (2011). Mental Health: Country reports and charts. Retrieved March 1, 2011 from http://j.mp/WHO_Suicide

U.S. States suicide data: American Association of Suicidology. (2011). U.S.A. Suicide: 2007 Official Final Data. Retrieved from http://j.mp/USA_Suicide

Energy Information Administration. (2011). International Energy Statistics. Retrieved from http://j.mp/EIA_World

Energy Information Administration. (2010). Annual Energy Review 2009. Retrieved from http://j.mp/EIA_US (1.6 State-Level Energy Consumption, Expenditures, and Prices, 2007)

Conversion Factor (Source: http://www.iea.org/stats/unit.asp)
1 Million Btu = 25.1995796 kg of oil equivalent