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Bookmark or Share- Crude suicide rates (per 100 000 population) (SDG 3.4.2)While the link between suicide and mental disorders (in particular, depression and alcohol use disorders) is well established in high-income countries, many suicides happen impulsively in moments of crisis with a breakdown in the ability to deal with life stresses, such as financial problems, relationship break-up or chronic pain and illness.
- Suicide prevention - World Health Organization (WHO)Suicide can occur at any stage of life and in all regions of the world. In 2021, suicide was the third leading cause of death among 15–29-year-olds globally, and 73% of all suicides happened in low- and middle-income countries. Almost 20% of global suicides were due to pesticide self-poisoning.
- Preventing suicide: A global imperative - World Health Organization (WHO)“Preventing suicide: a global imperative” is the first WHO report of its kind. It aims to increase awareness of the public health significance of suicide and suicide attempts, to make suicide prevention a higher priority on the global public health agenda, and to encourage and support countries to develop or strengthen comprehensive suicide prevention strategies in a multisectoral public ...
- LIVE LIFE: Preventing suicide - World Health Organization (WHO)There is hope. Suicides are preventable. It is a global imperative. The urgency to act to prevent suicides is recognized and prioritized at the highest levels: • The United Nations has held two high-level meetings on NCDs and mental health, with another in 2018. The UN has also published Prevention of suicide: guidelines for the
- Suicide worldwide in 2019 - World Health Organization (WHO)Overview . More than 700 000 persons die by suicide every year globally. Suicide is the fourth leading cause of death among 15-29 year olds.
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