Nearly 10% of young women had suicidal thoughts in 2021. In 2019, 8,366 deaths by suicide were recorded in our country, or 13.07 per 100,000 inhabitants compared to 10.15 on average in Europe.
In total, write the authors of this study published in the Weekly Epidemiology Bulletin, “suicidal thoughts have more than doubled since 2014 among 18-24 year olds” The high prevalence of suicide attempts and suicidal ideation observed among young adults constitutes an important change since they were lower than or comparable to other age groups.