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
One in 100 deaths is by suicide - World Health Organization (WHO) Suicide remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide, according to WHO’s latest estimates, published today in “Suicide worldwide in 2019” Every year, more people die as a result of suicide than HIV, malaria or breast cancer ̶ or war and homicide In 2019, more than 700 000 people died by suicide: one in every 100 deaths, prompting WHO to produce new guidance to help countries
Suicide: one person dies every 40 seconds - World Health Organization (WHO) Yet suicides are preventable We call on all countries to incorporate proven suicide prevention strategies into national health and education programmes in a sustainable way ”Suicide rate highest in high-income countries; second leading cause of death among young peopleThe global age-standardized suicide rate [1] for 2016 [2] was 10 5 per 100
Mental Health, Brain Health and Substance Use Suicides are most commonly found misclassified, according to the codes of the 10th edition of the International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Conditions (ICD-10), as “deaths of undetermined intent” (ICD-10 codes Y10-Y34), and also as “accidents” (codes V01-X59), “homicides” (codes X85-Y09) and “unknown cause
Suicide - World Health Organization (WHO) Suicide is a global public health problem Every year more than 720 000 people die as a result of suicide The majority of these deaths (73%) occur in low- and middle-income countries
Making Suicide Look Like an Accident The real truth is all suicides are accidents Nobody purposely made decisions intended to cause so much pain they would rather die than wake up Nobody let things build to a point that it was all intolerable, or asked for so many issues to be visited upon them they could not deal with it anymore on purpose
Suicide prevention - World Health Organization (WHO) Suicide prevention in the Western Pacific Region Suicides are preventable LIVE LIFE, WHO’s approach to preventing suicide, outlines key actions towards developing a comprehensive national suicide prevention strategy
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
Suicide - World Health Organization (WHO) Chaque année, près de 703 000 personnes se suicident et beaucoup d’autres font une tentative de suicide Chaque suicide est une tragédie qui touche les familles, les communautés et des pays entiers et qui a des effets durables sur ceux qui restent Le suicide intervient à n’importe quel moment de la vie et était la quatrième cause de mortalité chez les 15-29 ans dans le monde en 2019
Suicide worldwide in 2021: global health estimates An estimated 727 000 persons died by suicide in 2021 Suicide was the third leading cause of death among 15-29-year-olds; second for females, third for males More than half of global suicides (56%) happened before the age of 50 years, and the majority of suicides occurred in low-and-middle-income countries (73%) The reduction of suicide rates is an indicator in the UN SDGs, the WHO GPW14 and