Suicide - Biggest killer of men under 35

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?

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

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

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

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Originally Posted by 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

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http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloa..._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.

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Originally Posted by 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

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It was a pamphlet by the Mental Health Foundation

www.mentalhealth.org.uk

Interesting facts :)

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

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Originally Posted by escape artist

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

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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.

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

sucide is not the way people

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Originally Posted by SikBaby

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.

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What is the correct option?

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.

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Originally Posted by Virgin Mary

What is the correct option?

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well oviosuly gettting help, counciling to sumin.

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Originally Posted by Steffz

• 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)

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