2396 Suicides and Suicide Attemps in the Course of 6 Years

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18:53 09/06/06

2396 SUICIDES AND SUICIDE ATTEMPTS IN THE COURSE OF 6 YEARS

2396 suicides and suicide attempts were registered in Armenia in
2000-2005, including 1241 (51,8%) suicides and 1157 (48,3%) suicide
attempts, Vladimir Grigoryan, a supervision body at the general
prosecutor’s office reported a session today.

According to the information, the most cases were reported in Shirak
region. 460 suicides and 545 suicide attempts were registered in
Yerevan. 69% of self-murderes were men and 31% were women. Studies
show that 59% of those who committed suicide were unemployed, 11,5%
had permanent jobs, 5,7% were students, 2,4% were military servants
and 21,5%- pensioners. 608 mentally disabled ended their life in
suicide in the reporting time.

Speaking about the reasons for suicide, V. Grigoryan mentioned that
356 people committed suicide because they had incurable illness, 76
cases were committed because of old age, 158 cases – personal grief,
74 – love and jealousy. Most of the cases – 718 were committed on
social or material grounds. /Panorama.am/