White men, according to a recent report released by the Marin County Coroner, are more likely to take the final plunge off of the Golden Gate Bridge. The report is an update to go along with a 15-year study that covered 330 confirmed deaths since 1994. Of the deaths researched, here are some interesting, for lack of a better word, statistics:

• 80.3 percent were committed by white people

• 45 percent were between the ages of 25 and 44 years old

• 74 percent of the suicides were witnessed by people on the bridge

• 80 percent of the suicide jumpers had "identifiable occupations" ("covering a full range of jobs and industries") and 8 percent were students

• Harold Wobber, a World War I veteran, was the first person to jump from the bridge on July 1937, two months after the bridge opened

• An estimated 1,300 people have committed suicide from the bridge since it opened

• 18 recorded deaths so far in 2009

The report also strongly recommends a barrier on the bridge, a net, which could cost as much as much as $50 million to erect.

Also, if you think you want to kill yourself. Don't. At the very least, you'll miss lots of great TV. If you or a friend get a hankering to commit suicide, please contact Bay Area Suicide and Crisis Intervention Alliance first.They can help you. You can reach them at: Alameda County (800-309-2131), Contra Costa County (800-833-2900), Marin County (415-499-1100), San Francisco (415-781-0500), San Mateo County (650-579-0350).