Men after 40 years to commit suicide more frequently adolescents

It is not the young people nowadays make the highest number of suicides, as shown by statistics. Now they were replaced by middle-aged men who were born in the 1950s, 60s.

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For a long time the youth often commits suicide Because in this age people are the worst of all control their own emotions, more likely to experience depression and stick to risk-taking behavior. However, new data released by the Office for National Statistics, UK, suggests that today often voluntarily leave the life of middle-aged men.

Exhausted by the recession and the inability to save money for a dignified old age, man today in this age group by almost two and a half times more likely commit suicide Than young people. Although the total number of Britons who decided to commit suicide, was considerably reduced in recent years among men over 40 and 50 is, on the contrary, it has increased significantly.

Note that the same generation of men, even as young people (20-30 years), and most likely to commit suicide, so they are now affected by the second wave of suicides. Experts believe that the mental state of the men affected by a severe decline in industry in the late 1970s, early '80s, and then the great social changes that are taking place and family life and jobs.

According to statistics, the number of suicides among men in the age group from 45 to 59 in 2012 increased by almost 40% compared with 2002. And the suicide rate among young people over the same period decreased by 25%. (READ MORE)

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