Today (September 10) is the annual World Suicide Prevention Day, the Hong Kong University Hong Kong Jockey Club Suicide Prevention Research Center announced the latest Hong Kong suicide statistics.
In 2020, Hong Kong's standardized suicide rate is estimated to be 9.1. Although it has recorded a new low in the past nine years, the situation of three groups is worthy of attention, including women aged 15 or below, women aged 15-24, and women over 60.
The Suicide Prevention Research Center of the University of Hong Kong, according to the data provided by the Coroner's Court, estimates that the suicide rate in Hong Kong in 2020 is 12.1 (that is, 12.1 suicides per 1 million people), which is slightly lower than 13.1 in 2019, also since 1997 This is the second time since a record this year.
After adjusting for the age structure of the global population, the standardized suicide rate in 2020 is estimated to be 9.1, which is lower than the international level of 10.5 in 2016, and the data also hit a nine-year low.
If analyzed by age and gender group, the suicide rate among women aged 60 or above has increased by 29% year-on-year, from 11.9 suicides per 100,000 population to 15.3.
The characteristics of suicides include widows, living alone, and having children who do not live together.
Ye Zhaohui estimates that the wave of emigration may make the elderly feel abandoned and increase the risk of suicide.
Ye Zhaohui pointed out that the impact of school closures on grassroots students in the epidemic is particularly great.
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The suicide rate among teenagers is on the rise
Women aged 15 to 24 who committed suicide rose from 4 in 2019 to 6.1 in 2020.
The center estimates that they are mostly due to poor school life, such as being bullied, pressure to study, emotional distress, or mental health problems.
As for the group of young people aged 15 or below, the suicide rate has also risen from 0.7 in 2019 to 1.3 in 2020.
Ye Zhaohui described that the number of people concerned is not large, but there is an upward trend. Under the epidemic, the impact of school closures on grassroots students is particularly great. He suggested that the government should not ignore the impact of school closures on students, and should refer to foreign experience and arrange schools to close at the latest and earliest. open.
Secondary 3 girls worry about the epidemic situation and keep spraying disinfectant fire wine in classrooms with obsessive-compulsive disorder
Ye Zhaohui continued that the epidemic will undoubtedly affect the emotional health of young people. The suspension of classes will not be able to maintain school social life. Under the tide of immigration, families leave Hong Kong with their families, and young people in Hong Kong face parting friends and changing teachers.
Among the suicide cases analyzed by the center, there was a Form 3 girl who suffered from obsessive-compulsive disorder due to the new coronary pneumonia epidemic. She kept spraying disinfectant fire wine in school classrooms, which affected other students and was rejected. The school then arranged for her to be alone in the school office. Attendance, leaving emotional and social issues unaddressed.
Suicide deaths hit a new high. Volunteer organizations call for attention to hidden elders and two age groups of friends Seeing the female waiter in the columbarium of the other side snatched the police officer's gun, the suicide officer pointed out that if he went off fire or injured others, he was sentenced to prison. In October, Li Donghai Primary School Lin Litang was dismissed from suicide.
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