Suicide rate on the rise in Iran

The lack of numbers on the suicide rate is one of the most important concerns regarding its prevention.

The head of the national congress on Suicide and Related Behaviors in Zanjan said, “The lack of the exact numbers of suicide is one of the most important concerns in preventing this issue because there is no supervising body on this issue”…

“Not presenting the exact numbers of suicide leads to the lack of research in this regard and in light of the raising numbers [of suicide] this issue is alarming”, Jafar Attari told reporters.

He compared statistics in 1981 when 3 out of 1000 people committed suicide to 2002 when 7 out of 1000 people committed suicide…

“Currently, based on these numbers, 4,500 people commit suicide on a yearly basis  and in the last two decades people aged from 15 to 24 have been determined as more prone to committing suicide”, Attari added. (ISNA state-run News Agency – Jan. 25, 2012)

 

 

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