Youth suicide

Youth suicide is when a young person, generally categorized as someone below age 24,
deliberately ends their own life. Rates of attempted and completed youth suicide in
Western societies and other countries are high. For example, in Australia suicide is second
only to motor vehicle accidents as the leading cause of death for people aged 1524,

and
according to the National Institute for Mental Health, suicide is the third leading cause of
death among teens in the United States.

In India, one-third of suicides are young people 15
29. In 2002, 154,000 suicides were recorded in India.

Suicide Causes
Over 90 percent of people who die by suicide have a mental illness at the time of their death.
And the most common mental illness is depression. Untreated mental illness (including
depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and others) is the cause for the vast majority of
suicides. Also, some people are genetically predisposed to depression, and thus they may not
appear to be undergoing any negative life experiences, yet still become depressed, and may
die by suicide.Some of the negative life experiences that may cause depression, and some
other causes for depression, include:
The death of a loved one.
A separation or breakup of a relationship.
A serious loss, such as a loss of a job, house, or money.
A serious illness.
A terminal illness.
A serious accident.
Chronic physical pain.
Intense emotional pain.
Loss of hope.
Being victimized (domestic violence, rape, assault, etc).
A loved one being victimized (child murder, child molestation, kidnapping, murder,
assault, etc.).
Physical abuse.
Verbal abuse.
Sexual abuse.
Unresolved abuse (of any kind) from the past.
Feeling "trapped" in a situation perceived as negative.
Feeling that things will never "get better."
Feeling helpless.
Serious legal problems, such as criminal prosecution or incarceration.
Feeling "taken advantage of."
Inability to deal with a perceived "humiliating" situation.
Inability to deal with a perceived "failure."
Alcohol abuse.
Drug abuse.
A feeling of not being accepted by family, friends, or society.
A horrible disappointment.
Feeling like one has not lived up to his or her high expectations or those of another.
Bullying. (Adults, as well as children, can be bullied.)
Low self-esteem.

International Suicide Statistics
Over one million people die by suicide worldwide each year.
The global suicide rate is 16 per 100,000 population.
On average, one person dies by suicide every 40 seconds somewhere in the world.
1.8% of worldwide deaths are suicides.
Global suicide rates have increased 60% in the past 45 years.

Suicide rates of some important countries
Suicides per 100,000 people per year
Rank Country Male Female Average Year
1 Greenland
2 South Korea
3 China
4 Hungary
5 Japan
6 Sri Lanka
7 Russian
8 Belgium
9 Finland
10 Bhutan
11 South Africa
12 France
13 United States
15 United Kingdom
16 New Zealand
17 Canada
18 Switzerland
19 India
20 Singapore
21 Germany
22 Australia
23 Hong Kong
24 Thailand
25 Spain
26 Iran
27 Italy
28 Brazil
29 Mexico
30 Turkey
31 Greece
32 Philippines
33 Pakistan
34 Egypt
35 Nepal