The World Health Organization (WHO) has finally spoken out on suicide in its first-ever
report on the major killer. Preventing suicide: A global imperative states that suicide claims …

Suicide takes a high toll. Over 800,000 people die due to suicide every year and there are
indications that for each individual who died of suicide there may have been more than 20 …

Epidemiology Globally, more than 800,000 people died by suicide in 2012, according to
World Health Organization (WHO) Global Health Estimates. 1, 2 This corresponds to a …

The recently published WHO suicide report indicates that the global incidence of suicide is
declining (World Health Organization [WHO], 2014. This is welcome news for all working in …

Suicide is a serious global public health issue. Globally, 703 000 people die by suicide
every year. Suicide is among the leading causes of death worldwide, with more deaths due …

In the year 2000, approximately one million people died from suicide: a" global" mortality
rate of 16 per 100,000, or one death every 40 seconds. In the last 45 years suicide rates …

Abstract The first World Suicide Report from the WHO, Preventing Suicide: A Global
Imperative, launched on September, 5, 2014, comes at the right time to counteract the …

2 Boyce N. Suicide clusters: the undiscovered country. Lancet 2011; 378: 1452. 3 Hannan
C. Samantha Kuberski, six years old, youngest suicide victim in Oregon State history …

In many developed countries suicide can be either the 2nd or 3rd leading cause of death
among teenagers and young adults and it is the 13th leading cause of death worldwide for …

In 1999, as part of the efforts to raise awareness about the magnitude and importance of
suicide mortality, the World Health Organization (WHO) posted two graphs on its website …