Suicide - Biggest killer of men under 35

[Holofoil]

I was reading this pamphlet that came inside the NewScientist, which I subscribe to, and it says:

• Three times more men than women commit suicide
• More young men die by taking their own lives than in car accidents

• One in four people will have a serious mental illness during their lifetime (male&female)
• Every Day in the UK 15 people end their lives (Male & Female)

To be honest I was quite shocked at these statistics... I always thought car collisions were more common, but apparently not.
What do you people think about these numbers? Are they surprising to you?

[Smits]

Very shocked by that, you never hear about suicides, except children. In fact theres been alot of them, so maybe its not so surprising

[Misawa]

And the vast majority of them happen in my hometown, eek.

[Mitch4?]

More young men die by taking their own lives than in car accidents

• Every Day in the UK 15 people end their lives (Male & Female)

I'm sure there was a fact i read that said 70 people die in car crashes a day
dunno
i dont believe facts unless from reliable source

[Nixt]

More young men die by taking their own lives than in car accidents

• Every Day in the UK 15 people end their lives (Male & Female)

I'm sure there was a fact i read that said 70 people die in car crashes a day
dunno
i dont believe facts unless from reliable source

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_social/Social_Trends37/Social_Trends_37.pdf
one can extrapolate 3360 road deaths in the UK per year (see tables 12.20 and tables 1.1) in 2006. That being 9.2 deaths per day.

[Holofoil]

More young men die by taking their own lives than in car accidents

• Every Day in the UK 15 people end their lives (Male & Female)

I'm sure there was a fact i read that said 70 people die in car crashes a day
dunno
i dont believe facts unless from reliable source

It was a pamphlet by the Mental Health Foundation

www.mentalhealth.org.uk

[ebay]

Interesting facts :)

[beth]

well if i was male, i'd kill myself too.

[Titch]

well if i was male, i'd kill myself too.

Thats not funny!

I kow several people in my family who have killed themself and tryed to kill themselfes (brother last year). It a shame why they think thats the correct optiion.

[N-Dubz]

woman are strong minded and strong willed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sucide is not the way people

[Virgin Mary]

Thats not funny!

I kow several people in my family who have killed themself and tryed to kill themselfes (brother last year). It a shame why they think thats the correct optiion.
What is the correct option?

[Neversoft]

One in four people will have a serious mental illness during their lifetime.

Eh... I haven't met anyone with a serious mental illness. I don't think that's true.

[Titch]

What is the correct option?

well oviosuly gettting help, counciling to sumin.

[Spiffing]

• One in four people will have a serious mental illness during their lifetime (male&female)
• Every Day in the UK 15 people end their lives (Male & Female)

ill be in those stats one day lol.
thats quite bad actually, didnt realise there was so much people killing themselves :o