Some 8% had had thoughts of being better off dead or of hurting themselves at least several times during the period.

BBC: Cancer patients 'left suicidal'

So when you get right down to it, if you can't hear and you can't whup, you're better off dead than teaching.

NPR: Excerpt: 'The Teacher's Funeral'

One day, it might occur to someone, someone angry and powerful, someone obsessive and maniacal a police chief or a gang leader, a leader of the opposition or a leader of the nation that they, and all those who lived like them or near them, would be better off dead.

NEWYORKER: Ghosts