Alarming data on the number of suicides in the world | Chronic

Every 40 seconds, one person commits suicide in the world and suicide is the second leading cause of death among young people, reported the World Health Organization on the eve of World Suicide Prevention Day, indicating that, even though the number of countries was increasing which developed specific strategies, "the efforts are insufficient".

"In the five years since the first global report on suicide, the number of countries with national prevention strategies has increased (…) However, there are only 38 , a number too small ", The WHO said in a statement released Monday.

In the document, the Director-General of WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesusoutfit: "Suicides can be avoided and we call on all countries to incorporate sustainable prevention strategies into their national health and education programs in a sustainable manner."

According to WHO, every 40 seconds a person commits suicide in the world and, although 79% of suicides were in low- and middle-income countries, the highest rate is in high-income countries. . that in addition, they die almost three times more men than women, compared to low- and middle-income countries, in which the rate is more equal.

The statement also recalled that "Suicide is the second leading cause of death among 15- to 29-year-olds after road traffic crashes, and is still multicausal, with acute causes such as loss, trauma, such as tales of death. abuse, chronic and mental diseases, substances, among others ". And he continued: "There are also social or environmental factors, for example migration, which must be uprooted for economic reasons in another country".

In our country

Last June, UNICEF released the report "Suicide in Adolescence: Situation in Argentina", which details this "Suicide cases in adolescence have tripled over the past 30 years. This figure rose to 12.7 per 100,000 adolescents aged 15 to 19 and is now the second leading cause of death among 10-19 year olds; as "The self-induced mortality rates between 2015 and 2017 in the provinces of Salta, Catamarca and Jujuy are ten times higher than those of the rest of the country." With regard to the task at hand, UNICEF has found that at the national level, "the procedure of recording deaths by suicide is still poor".

"It is necessary to link death certificates to medical records in order to improve data on the cause of death and to create a unified electronic record with dissemination of information on different organizations, respecting the ethical criteria of confidentiality, anonymity and strength, information protection rules ", concluded the body.