134 Unemployment key cause for suicide globally: Analysis
LONDON: Unemployment globally might account for nine times as many deaths by suicide every year (about 45000) as the recent economic crisis (around 5000 excess suicides), according to a long-term analysis of suicide risk across 63 countries between 2000 and 2011. Researchers estimate that about 233000 suicides took place each year between 2000 and 2011, of which unemployment accounted for around a fifth (about 45000). Unemployment was linked with […]