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For Muslims the month of Ramadan is a time of fasting but during the eveningsafter sunset it is also an occasion for family and social gatherings.Therefore, according to the Bertillon-Durkheim conception of suicide (that isbased on the strength of social ties), one would expect a fall in suicide ratesduring Ramadan. Is this conjecture confirmed by observation? That is thequestion addressed in the present paper. Surprisingly, the most tricky part ofthe investigation was to find reliable monthly suicide data. In the Islamicworld Turkey seems to be the only country whose statistical institute publishessuch observations. The data reveal indeed a fall of about $15\%$ in suicidenumbers during the month of Ramadan (with respect to same-non-Ramadan months).As the standard deviation is only $4.7\%$ this effect has a high degree ofsignificance. This observation, along with the fact that other occasions ofsocial gathering such as Thanksgiving or Christmas are also marked by a drop insuicides, adds further credence to the B-D thesis.

Is the month of Ramadan marked by a reduction in the number of suicides?