Suicide in Kazakhstan

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Suicide in Kazakhstan is a common cause of unnatural death and a long term social issue. According to the 2011 report of World Health Organization, of all the people reported dead due to suicide worldwide every year, 3.23% belong to Kazakhstan.^[1] Suicide of teenage and young age people is a big issue in the country.^[2]

Statistics

The country has highest number of recorded suicides among girls aged 15 to 19, and for boys, it is the second highest after Russia. A UNICEF report of 2009 shows, between 1999 and 2008 the number of suicides among young people of the country increased by 23%.^[2]

According to Raisa Sher, head of the country's education ministry's child protection committee there are several factors behind such high rates of suicides among young age people like–^[2]

• Getting bullied in schools
• Absence or loss of values
• Falling standards of social behavior
• Exposure of minors to violent images on Television

See also

• Suicide in Pakistan

References