Suicide among young people is becoming more serious... Approximately 40,000 people will take their own lives in three years = South Korea

In South Korea, it has been revealed that nearly 40,000 people have taken their own lives in the last three years. The number of deaths from the COVID-19 virus infection exceeds the number of deaths, and government countermeasures are required.
According to documents obtained from the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Disease Control Agency on the 11th by Baek Jong Hyun, a member of the ruling party People's Power who is a member of the National Assembly Health and Welfare Committee.
From 2020 to 2022, 39,435 people committed suicide. This is more people than died from COVID-19 during the same period (32,156).
The number of suicides per 100,000 people (suicide rate) was 25.2 last year, and although it is on the decline from five years ago, it is actually increasing among people in their teens and 20s.
. The teen suicide rate was 5.8 in 2018, but last year it rose to 7.2. Similarly, the number of people in their 20s increased from 17.6 to 21.4.
Many people attempted suicide, with 36,754 people being transported by ambulance last year alone. 21,875 in 2012
This is a 68% increase from humans in 10 years. On the other hand, the ``1393 Suicide Prevention Consultation Line'', which people who are considering suicide can call, does not have sufficient support. Electricity from 2018 to August of this year
The average call response rate was only 54.5%, meaning that nearly half of the calls were not connected. Rep. Bai said, ``The government needs to declare suicide a national disaster and make all-out efforts.
We need to come up with appropriate countermeasures." ■Main consultation services for problems introduced on the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare website to prevent suicide
●Mental health consultation unified dial: 0570-064-556
●Yorisoi hotline: 0120-279-338, from Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima prefectures: 0120-279-226