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Suicide numbers drop below 30,000 in 2012

18.01.2013 [19:35]
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Baku, January 18 (AZERTAC). The number of people who committed suicide in Japan last year decreased to below 30,000 for the first time in 15 years.

The National Police Agency says a total of 27,766 people committed suicide in 2012.

This is down 2,885 or 9.4 percent from the previous year.

The annual number of suicides had exceeded 30,000 since 1998. The number peaked at more than 34,000 in 2003.

Of last year's total, 19,216 were men and 8,550 were women.

18 percent were in their 60s -- the most of any age bracket.

People in their 40s and 50s each account for 17 percent, followed by 14 percent in their 30s.

Health problems were the most cited reasons for suicides. Financial and family problems followed.

Yasuyuki Shimizu, the representative of the non-governmental organization Life Link says the largest contributing factor to the fall in the number of people taking their lives is progress in enforcing anti-suicide measures in municipalities.

But he cautioned against complacency, and urged speedier implementation of measures to address the reality that more than 70 people kill themselves daily.

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