those who follow the news might have noticed quite a few suicide cases covered in the media, from the architect who shot himself in OISOE to several folks jumping off bridges and buildings. this has brought suicides back to light. according to the statistics for the years 2008-2014 total of 4,554 people in DR committed suicide. it's an average of 568 a year or 3 people every 48 hours.
the tendency is going down in recent years, from 637 deaths in 2011 to 557 in 2014. in the first 9 months of 2015 the police registered 369 deaths. DR is also on a lower end of suicide numbers in latin america, along with peru, panama, venezuela and haiti. the countries with highest numbers are bolivia, salvador, chile, ecuador and argentina.
some psychologists say that the media coverage of suicides has negative effect on many people who may find themselves depressed or in fragile moments. this can be somewhat observed in spike of jumps. jumping off bridges/buildings is not particularly common method of suicide in DR but recently there has been several attempts and few deaths due to this cause registered in DR.
most common method of committing suicide is hanging, followed by ingesting poison and shooting. considerably more men than women kill themselves.
full article here: http://www.listindiario.com/la-republica/2015/10/14/392034/tres-se-suicidan-cada-48-horas-en-el-pais
the tendency is going down in recent years, from 637 deaths in 2011 to 557 in 2014. in the first 9 months of 2015 the police registered 369 deaths. DR is also on a lower end of suicide numbers in latin america, along with peru, panama, venezuela and haiti. the countries with highest numbers are bolivia, salvador, chile, ecuador and argentina.
some psychologists say that the media coverage of suicides has negative effect on many people who may find themselves depressed or in fragile moments. this can be somewhat observed in spike of jumps. jumping off bridges/buildings is not particularly common method of suicide in DR but recently there has been several attempts and few deaths due to this cause registered in DR.
most common method of committing suicide is hanging, followed by ingesting poison and shooting. considerably more men than women kill themselves.
full article here: http://www.listindiario.com/la-republica/2015/10/14/392034/tres-se-suicidan-cada-48-horas-en-el-pais