Between 1999 and 2005, the average number of suicides increased by 0.7%. At the same time, the suicide rate among white men aged 40 to 64 increased by 2.7, and the suicide rate among middle-aged women increased by 3.9%. The reasons for this trend are not yet clear.
As for suicide methods, firearms continue to be in the lead, although they have given up their positions somewhat, while the number of suicides from hanging or strangulation has increased. Here, again, put the hands of middle-aged men and women.
This discovery is fundamentally changing the policy of suicide prevention groups.
Previously, adolescents and young people of both sexes and older white men were thought to be most vulnerable to them. A new study says they should turn their attention to middle-aged women and men. And first of all, you need to find out the reasons why people decide to voluntarily leave life.
