800,000 People Commit Suicide Every Year - WHO

According to the World Health Organisation, WHO, no fewer than 800,000 people commit suicide annually.

The World Health Organisation (WHO), has revealed that, no fewer than 800,00 people commit suicide annually. The organisation revealed this yesterday, in a statement, in remembrance of the World Suicide Prevention Day.

WHO said that the most common methods of suicide were firearms and hanging, and this affects all regions and countries, rich or poor. It further revealed that most suicides occurred in low and middle countries, which accounted for almost four-fifth of the global suicides of 2016. 

According to reports, in 2016, suicide was the leading cause of death among people between the ages of 15 and 29. 

Read the statement released by the WHO below:

In high-income countries, there is a well-established link between suicide and mental health issues such as depression and alcohol use disorders.

But many suicides take place on an impulse during moments of crisis.

According to its estimation, the method of 20 percent of global suicides was the use of pesticide for self-poisoning, most of which occur in rural agricultural areas, in low and middle income countries.

WHO and the Mental Health Commission of Canada released a tool kit to help communities prevent suicides. The toolkit listed ways to avoid this serious health problem, one of which is the knowledge of the commonly used methods and prevention from access to these methods. They gave other examples which included policies to reduce drug abuse and alcohol, follow-up health care for attempted suicide cases and effective health care.