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Suicides increasing worldwide Ben Heine
Encyclopedia of Death and Dying <a href= http www deathreference com index html >www deathreference com index html< a> Suicide exists in all countries of the world and there are records of suicides dating back to the earliest historical records of humankind In 2000 the World Health Organization estimated that approximately 1 million people commit suicide annually Suicide is among the top ten causes of death and one of the three leading causes in the fifteen to thirty five years age group worldwide In the United States where suicide is the ninth leading cause of death and where the number of victims is 50 higher than the number of homicides the Surgeon General in 1999 issued a Call to Action to Prevent Suicide labeling suicide quot a significant public health problem quot Suicide is a tragic phenomenon that has preoccupied professionals from a variety of disciplines Deaths by suicide have broad psychological and social impacts on families and societies throughout the world On average each suicide intimately affects at least six other people and if the suicide occurs in the school or workplace it can significantly impact hundreds Suicide s toll on the living has been estimated by the World Health Organization in terms of disability adjusted life years which indicates the number of healthy years of life lost to an illness or event According to their calculations the burden of suicide is equal to the burden of all wars and homicides throughout the world Despite progress in controlling many other causes of death suicide has been on the rise becoming one of the leading causes of death The taking of one s own life is the result of a complex interaction of psychological sociological environmental genetic and biological risk factors Suicide is neither a disease nor the result of a disease or illness but rather a desperate act by people who feel that ending their life is the only way to stop their interminable and intolerable suffering Despite the magnitude of social damage
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