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16/04/2015
Drop In NI Suicide Rates
NI suicide rates are dropping, according to provisional figures from January to December 2014.
Health Minister Jim Wells welcomed the news, however he said that there is no time for complacency.
Minister Wells said: "Some studies have suggested recent rises in the suicide rate in many European countries, particularly among males, may be linked to the difficult global economic situation.
"The decline in the number of suicides in 2014 in Northern Ireland is encouraging and is evidence that the excellent work in implementing the Protect Life Strategy is having an effect, however we must not be complacent.
"To reduce suicide in the longer term it will be necessary to improve the emotional resilience of high risk people/groups before they become actively suicidal. This will require action on a wide range of fronts across Government and across sectors."
(CD/JP)
Health Minister Jim Wells welcomed the news, however he said that there is no time for complacency.
Minister Wells said: "Some studies have suggested recent rises in the suicide rate in many European countries, particularly among males, may be linked to the difficult global economic situation.
"The decline in the number of suicides in 2014 in Northern Ireland is encouraging and is evidence that the excellent work in implementing the Protect Life Strategy is having an effect, however we must not be complacent.
"To reduce suicide in the longer term it will be necessary to improve the emotional resilience of high risk people/groups before they become actively suicidal. This will require action on a wide range of fronts across Government and across sectors."
(CD/JP)
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