Suicide in Canada. The suicide rate for Canadians, as measured by the World Health Organization, is 15 per 100,000 people. According to numerous studies, rates are even higher among specific groups.

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 Vlad Mirona,

MA, American Studies, 1st year

                             Suicide in Canada

          When people think about suicide, they think about someone taking their life away on purpose, or in other words it means, “to kill yourself” . Suicide is a dramatic word that can change the way people view things in life. It is a thought that brings a person to the point of self-murder. It is an event where a person feels desperation and pain just before pulling the trigger or jumping off the bridge. Many of those who have thought about suicide or have committed suicide have done so because their life has changed, and many are having difficulty adjusting to it. It is a time where everything seems to go wrong, and a person starts to feel empty inside. It is like a mystery that could happen to young, old, rich and poor. The only thing a person can do when there are signs of suicide is to prevent it from happening, but why is it that people turn over to suicide, and how can a person prevent it from happening?

According to the World Health Organization , someone around the globe commits suicide every 40 seconds. In the year 2000, 815,000 people lost their lives to suicide — more than double the number of people who die as a direct result of armed conflict every year . For people between the ages of 15 and 44, suicide is the fourth leading cause of death and the sixth leading cause of disability and infirmity worldwide.

        Suicide is a significant and underestimated cause of death in Canada. The real tragedy is that many of these deaths can be prevented and a first step in solving any problem is learning more about it. Suicide represents a leading cause of premature death in Canada, and many statistical data attest this sad thing. In 1999, the Canadian data statistics showed that the leading causes of death among males of all ages were : diseases of the circulatory sistem, like heart diseases and stroke, then cancer, respiratory diseases, injury and poisoning.

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The suicide rate for Canadians, as measured by the World Health Organization, is 15 per 100,000 people. According to numerous studies, rates are even higher among specific groups. For example, the suicide rate for Inuit peoples living in Northern Canada is between 60 and 75 per 100,000 people, significantly higher than the general population. Other populations at an increased risk of suicide include youth, the elderly, inmates in correctional facilities, people with a mental illness, and those who have previously attempted suicide. According to Statistics Canada, between 1997 and 1999, there was a 10 percent increase in suicides across Canada, from 3,681 ...

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