Fed: Suicide rate eases slightly but still close to record high

AAP General News (Australia);  March 29, 2000 ;     393 words ......News (Australia) 03-29-2000 Fed: Suicide rate eases slightly but still close...increasingly younger age, with the suicide rate for teenagers doubling since 1970...Bureau of Statistics (ABS) found the suicide rate in 1998 was little different to...

SUICIDE RATE RISING FOR OLDER AMERICANS

Post-Tribune (IN);  April 7, 1992 ;     359 words ......Americans. White men have the highest suicide rate among Americans over 65; black...need to continue to focus on the suicide rate of youth, but there also is a need...Hampshire's chief health official. The suicide rate for Americans over 65 decreased...

Suicide rate down in New Zealand

Xinhua News Agency;  April 6, 2005 ;     217 words ...Suicide rate down in New Zealand WELLINGTON, April 6 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand's suicide rate has declined by 25 percent since a peak...2001. Males continue to have a higher suicide rate than females, with 3.2 male suicides to...

Suicide rate drops to new low

Birmingham Mail;  April 14, 2006 ;     160 words ...THE suicide rate in England is at its lowest level since...2010 and 2011. The report means that the suicide rate is at its lowest since record-keeping...death. "The sustained decline in the suicide rate for young men is welcome."

Suicide rate drops to new low.(News)

Birmingham Mail (England);  April 14, 2006 ;     159 words ...THE suicide rate in England is at its lowest level since...2010 and 2011. The report means that the suicide rate is at its lowest since record-keeping...preventable death. The sustained decline in the suicide rate for young men is welcome.

Suicide Rate among Former Swedish Peacekeeping Personnel

Military Medicine;  March 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......this study was to investigate the suicide rate among former Swedish peacekeeping...operations do not show a higher suicide rate than the general population. Unique...are discussed. Introduction The suicide rate in Sweden has shown a steady and...

Suicide rate climbing among middle-aged adults

Charleston Daily Mail;  October 21, 2008 ;     442 words ......for more than a decade, the U.S. suicide rate has climbed steadily since 1999...Preventive Medicine found that U.S. suicide rate rose to 11 per 100,000 in 2005...enough to drive up the overall suicide rate among blacks. Baker said she had...

WHO regional office calls for more efforts to restrain increasing suicide...

Xinhua News Agency;  August 15, 2005 ;     365 words ......efforts to restrain increasing suicide rate MANILA, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- The...office Monday warned an increasing suicide rate worldwide due to the lack of connectedness...said. WHO also estimates the crude suicide rate for the Region at 19. 3 deaths...

Suicide Rate Drops 15 Percent in S. Lanka

Xinhua English Newswire;  February 2, 1999 ;     193 words ...Suicide rate in Sri Lanka, which was viewed among the...Presidential Task Force on the Prevention of Suicide. An official of the Task Force said that...programs carried out for the elimination of suicide had proved successful. It has also been...

Suicide Rate Rises Among the Elderly

Chicago Sun-Times;  January 12, 1996 ;     293 words ......decades, the suicide rate among elderly...acceptance of suicide might play a role. The suicide rate among Americans...climbed from 17.6 suicides per 100,000...his assisted-suicide machine and...events have made suicide more acceptable...

Without concerted government efforts, Israel's suicide rate won't drop -...

Jerusalem Post;  March 15, 2007 ;     500 words ......concerted government efforts, Israel's suicide rate won't drop - activists Byline...a regular budget to reduce the suicide rate...It [has been] done abroad successfully...Committee, meanwhile, looked at the suicide rate among IDF soldiers, which so far...

VIC: Schizophrenic suicide rate jumps 400pc - report

AAP General News (Australia);  August 5, 2002 ;     201 words ...00-00-0000 VIC: Schizophrenic suicide rate jumps 400pc - report MELBOURNE, Aug 5 AAP - The suicide rate for schizophrenics has jumped 400...12 times more likely to die by suicide than the general population, said...

Fed: Teen suicide rate drops to lowest rate in 10 years

AAP General News (Australia);  December 15, 2004 ;     224 words ......Australia) 12-15-2004 Fed: Teen suicide rate drops to lowest rate in 10 years...any other age group, and the teen suicide rate was lower for both boys and girls...the past five years, the highest suicide rate was in the Northern Territory...

Lowest suicide rate since records began; New report also shows suicide...

M2 Presswire;  April 13, 2006 ;     700+ words ......April 2006-UK Government: Lowest suicide rate since records began; New report also shows suicide rate for young men is continuing to...LTD RDATE:13042006 The national suicide rate is at its lowest level since records...

12m pound drive to stem rising suicide rate

The Scotsman;  December 3, 2002 ;     553 words ......Scotland's soaring suicide rate was launched yesterday...reduction in levels of suicide by 2013. Scotland...concern. The Scottish suicide rate, of 17.36 per 100...Scotland's first national suicide prevention strategy...Reducing the rate of suicide is not something...35 in ...