By Rex Duenas
Every second someone around the world attempts suicide. One every 40 seconds succeed. - but is that success? The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that every year, almost one million people die from suicide; a "global" mortality rate of 16 per 100,000, or one death every 40 seconds.
Suicide worldwide is estimated to represent 1.8% of the total global burden of disease in 1998, and 2.4% in countries with market and former socialist economies in 2020. Traditionally suicide rates have been highest among the male elderly, but rates among young people have been increasing, in both developed and developing countries. Mental disorders (particularly depression and alcohol use disorders) are a major risk factor for suicide. Suicide is complex with psychological, social, biological, cultural and environmental factors involved. But the cause is FAILURE!
Only a minority, of course, go to this extreme,
Every second someone around the world attempts suicide. One every 40 seconds succeed. - but is that success? The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that every year, almost one million people die from suicide; a "global" mortality rate of 16 per 100,000, or one death every 40 seconds.
Suicide worldwide is estimated to represent 1.8% of the total global burden of disease in 1998, and 2.4% in countries with market and former socialist economies in 2020. Traditionally suicide rates have been highest among the male elderly, but rates among young people have been increasing, in both developed and developing countries. Mental disorders (particularly depression and alcohol use disorders) are a major risk factor for suicide. Suicide is complex with psychological, social, biological, cultural and environmental factors involved. But the cause is FAILURE!
Only a minority, of course, go to this extreme,
