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Though the absolute number of suicides globally continues to increase, a recent study accounting for population growth, found the global rate of suicide has dropped by 32.7% over the past 27 years. In the US, even as attitudes evolve regarding mental health and suicide prevention, the national rate of suicide has risen 33% over the past two ...
The link the authors attempt to make between changes in unemployment rates and suicide is a causal one, rather than a correlation. One of the important findings of this work is that there is a time lag between the two: suicide rates increased in the six months prior to the rises in the unemployment rate. The authors argue that this is due to ...
In particular, the protracted pandemic had a major impact on the mental health of women and young people in Japan and it altered suicide trends in the country. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development reported that the prevalence of depression in Japan doubled to 17.3% in 2020 , up from 7.9% in 2013, while the number of ...
Children in Nordic countries generally have the highest rates of well-being, but Mexico and Romania have among the highest levels of life satisfaction. Many more children with low levels of life satisfaction feel they lack a support network. Body image also has a role to play. There are signs that some countries are regressing – particularly ...
Ultimately, these relentless messages depress consumer sentiment and raises suicide rates. Our statistical work, however, also shows that a 10% increase in the Consumer Sentiment Index reduces suicide rates by 1%. So the results show that a more positive outlook on personal finance and the economy in general can actually reduce suicide rates.
Following a steady decline in the suicide rate since 2011, the number of people who took their own lives last year increased by 9.7% from the previous year, putting Korea’s rate of suicides at 24.7 per 100,000 people—the highest in the OECD group of 36 countries and retaking the top spot from Lithuania.
In Denmark, Iceland and Norway the suicide rates are lower than in the US, France and Japan. The suicide rate in Sweden is about the same as in the US, but in Finland it is higher. Norway was ranked as the happiest country in the world in 2017, followed immediately by Denmark and Iceland. By the same happiness index, Finland ranks sixth, Sweden ...
Over half a century later, the culture of extreme overwork still lingers in Japan. A recent government survey found that around one in 10 Japanese workers put in more than 80 hours of overtime per month, with one in five at risk of karoshi – whether through stroke, heart attack or stress-induced suicide. Consequently, the country is now ...
Briony Harris. Finland is top of the world for happiness, according to the World Happiness Report 2018, closely followed by Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Switzerland and the Netherlands. Nordic countries take four out of the five top spots, and are well known to be stable, safe and socially progressive. There is very little corruption, and the ...
An unfortunate fallout of this overwhelming emphasis on educational attainment is the high suicide rate among high school students. Suicide is the leading cause of death for youth in Korea in the age group, 15 to 24. The Korean government has been trying to address the situation in innovative ways.