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

AAP General News (Australia);  March 29, 2000 ;     393 words ......General News (Australia) 03-29-2000 Fed: Suicide rate eases slightly but still close to record...an increasingly younger age, with the suicide rate for teenagers doubling since 1970. Figures...Bureau of Statistics (ABS) found the suicide rate in 1998 was little different to 1921...

HK suicide rate drops to two-decade low

Xinhua News Agency;  April 28, 2006 ;     225 words ...HK suicide rate drops to two-decade low HONG KONG, April 28 (Xinhua) -- Suicide rate in Hong Kong has fallen to the lowest level...the first year with a year-on-year decline in suicide rate since 1996. This brings the suicide rate down...

SUICIDE RATE RISES FOR ELDERLY IN US

The Boston Globe;  July 20, 1989 ;     74 words ...WASHINGTON - The suicide rate among elderly Americans has increased...years, federal statistics show. The suicide rate among people aged 75 to 84 jumped...Statistics. During that same period the suicide rate for all Americans edged up 5 percent...

Suicide Rate among Former Swedish Peacekeeping Personnel

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

Suicide rate in northern Thailand highest

Xinhua News Agency;  October 25, 2004 ;     191 words ...Suicide rate in northern Thailand highest BANGKOK...Thailand's northern region ranks highest in suicide rate among all parts of the country, a seminar...revealed. For every 100,000 people, suicide rate in the north is higher than 15, double...

NSW: Suicide rate in NSW at 30 year low: report

AAP General News (Australia);  April 9, 2008 ;     458 words ......General News (Australia) 04-09-2008 NSW: Suicide rate in NSW at 30 year low: report By Danny...suicides, but that NSW now had the lowest suicide rate of any Australian state. "The suicide rate in NSW is the lowest of all jurisdictions...

Youth suicide rate may be rising after years of decline.(Behavioral...

Pediatric News;  September 1, 2008 ;     385 words ...The suicide rate among children and adolescents appears...based on wends in the adolescent suicide rate from 1996 through 2003. In 2004, there...after federal data showed that the suicide rate in children younger than age 20 years...

SOUTH KOREA'S SUICIDE RATE CLIMBING

United Press International;  June 5, 2004 ;     197 words ......International 06-05-2004 South Korea's suicide rate climbing SEOUL, Jun 05, 2004 (United...International via COMTEX) -- South Korea's suicide rate has climbed during the last decade faster...Saturday. That figure makes South Korea's suicide rate the fourth highest among 29 OECD ...

Russia's suicide rate twice the world average: report

Xinhua News Agency;  July 7, 2003 ;     153 words ...Russia's suicide rate twice the world average: report MOSCOW, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Russia's suicide rate has climbed up over the past decade and...Interfax news agency reported Monday. The suicide rate in Russia increased from 26.4 per 100...

Low morale, high suicide rate reported among US troops in Iraq

Xinhua News Agency;  March 26, 2004 ;     296 words ...Low morale, high suicide rate reported among US troops in Iraq...soldiers deployed in Iraq have a higher suicide rate than the entire Army, and nearly...in July alone. That represents a suicide rate of 17.3 per 100,000 soldiers, higher...

Thailand's suicide rate falls back

Xinhua News Agency;  January 1, 2003 ;     192 words ...Thailand's suicide rate falls back BANGKOK, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- Survey showed Thailand's suicide rate declined to a "satisfactory level," 7...said that two years after the crisis, the suicide rate surged to 8.6 per 100,000 people, undoubtedly...

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 in...507 in 2001. Males continue to have a higher suicide rate than females, with 3.2 male suicides to every...

Rise in youth suicide rate in Thailand

Xinhua News Agency;  January 23, 2005 ;     210 words ...Rise in youth suicide rate in Thailand BANGKOK, Jan. 23 (Xinhua...across the country show that the suicide rate rose from around 700 in 1998 to...attributed the rise in the youth suicide rate to changes in the way that children...

SUICIDE RATE FOR YOUNG BLACKS SURGES OVER 15 YEARS BETWEEN 1980-90, THE...

The Virginian Pilot;  March 20, 1998 ;     305 words ...Byline: FROM WIRE REPORTS\ ATLANTA -- The suicide rate among black children and teen-agers...far, has occurred in the South. The suicide rate among young blacks in Southern states...The report gave no breakdown on the suicide rate for individual states. Besides factors...

Suicide rate remains high among U.S. soldiers in Iraq

Xinhua News Agency;  February 1, 2007 ;     204 words ...Suicide rate remains high among U.S. soldiers in Iraq WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- Suicide rate remained high among U.S. soldiers in Iraq...the number in 2005, when the U.S. military suicide rate in Iraq reached 19.9 deaths per 100,000...