In the UK
- Suicide rate for males is at his highest since 2002
- Significant increase since 2010
Around the World
- A person dies from suicide every 40 seconds
- More people die from suicide than from murder and war combined
- Between 10-14% of people have suicidal thoughts in their life
Young People
- Suicide- 2nd biggest cause of death for 15-19 year olds
- over 100,000 adolescents die from suicide each year
- In the UK and ROI, around 16 people make the decision to end their life everyday
(source: BBC Health)
- more than 6,000 in the UK and ROI kill themselves each year
- The suicide rates from young men has increased; whilst women's rates are on the decrease
- vulnerability to suicide can arise from genetic predisposition, personality traits, and lack of support
- Many suicide cases involve those with a long history of mental health problems such as depression, eating disorders, schizophrenia
- Women have expressed that relationships are frequent factors
- Other factors: physical illness, alcohol/drug abuse, social isolation, housing/money/job issues, sometimes impulsive: a sudden upset
- Common sources of prevention: Strong religious faith, marriage (strong relationships and having good support behind you.)
- In England and Wales, the number of attempted suicides amongst young people, is rising each year
(source: Befrienders Worldwide- part of the WHO)
- In the last 45 years suicide rates have increased by 65% worldwide
- Young people are the group at the highest risk
- Youth suicide is increasing at the greatest rate
(source: Teachervision webpage)
- Every year, 10 in 100,000 youth commit suicide
- Every day, 11 youth suicides
- Every 2 hours 11 minutes, somebody under 25 commits suicide
- Estimated that for every completed suicide, there are 50-200 attempts
(source:Bullyonline)
- In the UK there is a suicide every 82 minutes
- Around 19,000 UK adolescents attempt suicide each year
- Accounts for 30% of deaths in the 15-24 age bracket
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