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Suicide is preventable, yet, sadly, 2,500 Australians die by suicide every year and more than 60,000 make an attempt. An historic meeting of local and international experts, clinicians, community health services, workplaces and people personally affected by suicide resulted in a unanimous agreement that we can no longer watch lives being lost while a solution is available.A new, evidence-based approach to suicide prevention has been developed.
We estimate this solution will reduce the Australian suicide rate by at least 20% in just a few years.
This approach needs to be implemented immediately. We urgently call for the Federal Government to fund this life-saving systems based approach, initially in twelve locations and then across Australia.
Read the communique from the National Suicide Prevention Summit :
Read the Australian Approach to Suicide Prevention :
Suicide is the most common cause of death in Australians aged 15-44 years. Australian young people are more likely to take their own life than die from motor vehicle accidents or skin cancer. Every year 400,000 Australians experience suicidal thoughts, 65,000 make suicide attempts, 35,000 are admitted to hospital for suicide-related injuries and 2,500 die. In Australia, the financial costs have been estimated at $17.5b, or 1% of GDP.
Suicide is recognised as a public health crisis both in Australia and around the world. Whilst recent statistics indicate that the number of Australian suicides have dropped slightly we know that suicide rates are highly volatile and reactive to environmental events such as unemployment rates and economic adversity.
We estimate this solution will reduce the Australian suicide rate by at least 20% in just a few years.
This approach needs to be implemented immediately. We urgently call for the Federal Government to fund this life-saving systems based approach, initially in twelve locations and then across Australia.
Read the communique from the National Suicide Prevention Summit :
Read the Australian Approach to Suicide Prevention :
Suicide is the most common cause of death in Australians aged 15-44 years. Australian young people are more likely to take their own life than die from motor vehicle accidents or skin cancer. Every year 400,000 Australians experience suicidal thoughts, 65,000 make suicide attempts, 35,000 are admitted to hospital for suicide-related injuries and 2,500 die. In Australia, the financial costs have been estimated at $17.5b, or 1% of GDP.
Suicide is recognised as a public health crisis both in Australia and around the world. Whilst recent statistics indicate that the number of Australian suicides have dropped slightly we know that suicide rates are highly volatile and reactive to environmental events such as unemployment rates and economic adversity.
For Immediate assistance please contact:
Lifeline
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Lifeline
13 11 14