In Argentina there is a suicide every three hours, according to the Ministry of Health

There were 31,847 suicides between 2010 and 2019 in Argentina, according to the Ministry of Health in the latest epidemiological report. In addition, they detailed what are the recommendations and strategies that should be adopted to avoid it.” In our country, during the period 2010-2019 there were 31,847 deaths by suicide, according to information from the Directorate of Statistics and Health Information of the Ministry of Health of the Nation (DEIS),” the document reports. In Argentina there are 3,185 deaths per year, eight per day and one every three hours. The report was made within the framework of the strategy of implementation of notifications that the health portfolio, headed by Carla Vizzotti, is carrying out in different provinces of the country, numbers were known on this public health problem that will now be part of the support material for surveillance. The initiative has as a background the law passed in 2015 and regulated in 2020 called National Suicide Prevention Law No. 27,130. It is aimed at reducing the prevalence of suicide through assistance and prevention. The World Health Organization (WHO) has been warning about this problem for years, but they say that the pandemic aggravated it even more. According to the agency, “suicide represents a growing and priority public health problem both globally and regionally” and defines it as a complex and multicausal phenomenon where biological, social, cultural, psychological and environmental factors interact. They also explain that 1 in 100 deaths occur because of the decision to take their own life and add that more than 700,000 people commit suicide each year according to 2021 data. “Suicide is also the fourth leading cause of death among 15- to 29-year-olds,” the report adds. For more information, enter the “Suicide Prevention” section present in argentina.gob.ar or call the Suicide Assistance Center: (011) 5275-1135.

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