Why is suicide becoming more common in Australia today amongst the youth in today's society? What influences suicide? Why does suicide occur and how can it be helped so it won't keep occurring? All of these issues will be answered and discussed in this written assignment.
Suicide is becoming more common in today's society, as in 1966 suicide was the case of death in every one in twenty males between the age of fifteen and nineteen and now it accounts for every one in seven deaths. It is now apparent that suicide is now a major cause of death among young man and women in Australia today, it is second to motor vehicle accidents as the single greatest cause of death. Every year more than 2000 Australians die from suicide, with at least another thirty attempts for each person who dies. In 1998, there were 2683 suicides registered in Australia, with 446 in the Fifteen and Twenty Four-year age group. The Australians who face the greatest risk of suicide are young people aged Fifteen to Thirty and those over Sixty-five.
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