Saturday, May 30, 2015

Suicide is the biggest killer of men between 20 and 49



Suicide 
is the biggest killer of men 

between 20 and 49, 
eclipsing road accidents, cancer and coronary heart disease. 

It is also 
predominantly a male disorder. 
Of the 
5,981 suicides in 2012, 

an astonishing 
4,590 (76%) were men. 


And yet while Britain has high-profile campaigns on, 

say, testicular cancer or driving safely, 
the biggest killer of men under 50 is not 
getting the attention it deserves.





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