What is one to make of all these suicides at France Telecom, a company of 100,000. 23 suicides in the last 18 months, 29 in 2001, 30 in 2000. The average per 100,000 in France, is 15. A woman, a manager, threw herself out of a fourth floor window. A man killed himself in his home. Another man stabbed himself in a meeting; whether he survived is not clear from the news report.