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South Africa’s suicide rate for 2019 has been estimated at 23.5 suicides per 100 000 people, of which more than three-quarters were male.
Although these are the most recent official statistics, former Health Minister Zweli Mkhize revealed in 2020 that there had been 1 781 suicide-related deaths in South Africa over a four month period, between March and July 2020.
“The sad fact is that for every completed suicide, there are many more attempts which often go unreported or undocumented. For each suicide, there are believed to be at least 20 attempted suicides,” Megan Hosking, psychiatric intake clinician at Netcare Akeso mental health facilities says.
Source: capetownetc.com
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