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Suicide in Ukraine is a common cause of unnatural death and a serious social issue. In 2009, Ukraine ranked 13th in the world by its total suicide per 100,000 people. [1] Suicide is Ukraine's most common type of injury death. Death rate from suicides per 100.000 people in Ukraine's subdivision.
Suicides by hanging in the Soviet Union (17 P) Pages in category "Suicides in the Soviet Union" The following 68 pages are in this category, out of 68 total.
Suicide of Jason Altom. Jason Altom (6 October 1971 – 15 August 1998) was an American PhD student working in the research group of Nobel laureate Elias James Corey at Harvard University. He killed himself by taking potassium cyanide in 1998, citing in his suicide note "abusive research supervisors" as one reason for taking his life.
Suicide is a significant national social issue in the United Kingdom. In 2022 there were 5,642 registered deaths by suicide in England and Wales, equating to an average of 15 suicides per day. [2] 74.1% of suicides in England and Wales in 2022 were males. [2] In Scotland there were 762 probable suicides in 2022, equating to an average of 2 ...
Suicide. Suicide in Sri Lanka is a common cause of unnatural death and a long term social issue. In the past, Sri Lanka had one of the highest suicide rates in the world. For several years before 2000, the suicide rate remained at 35 to 47 per 100,000 persons. [1] The introduction in pesticide control regulations coincided with a reduction in ...
Since its peak in 1995, the suicide rate in Lithuania has been constantly decreasing, [2] but as of 2021 it still remains the highest in the EU and the second highest in the OECD (after South Korea ). [3] The suicide rate as of 2022 was 18.6 suicides per 100,000 persons. [3] [4]
Suicide in Russia is a significant national social issue, with the suicide rate at 10.6 suicides per 100.000 people. [1] In 2021, the suicide rate in Russia was 10.7 per 100,000 people, according to national sources, [2] down from 39.1 in 2000 and 41.4 in 1995. [3] [4] Since 2002 the number of suicides has fallen in each consecutive year and ...
Assisted suicide in the United States was brought to public attention in the 1990s with the highly publicized case of Dr. Jack Kevorkian. Kevorkian assisted over 40 people in dying by suicide in Michigan. His first public assisted suicide was in 1990, of Janet Adkins, a 54-year-old woman diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease in 1989.