Number Of Suicides Down 35% In Hungary Since 2010

  • 17 Dec 2018 7:32 AM
  • Hungary Matters
Number Of Suicides Down 35% In Hungary Since 2010
The number of suicides has fallen by 35% in Hungary since 2010, state secretary of the ministry of human resources Bence Rétvári told MTI.

Rétvári attributed this partly to the development of the health care system, which has become more efficient at recognising and managing high-risk cases, and partly to economic recovery, which reduces the number of people facing hopelessness.

More than 2,490 people took their own lives in 2010, Rétvári said, but this figure fell to just over 1,630 in 2017. The biggest fall took place among people aged between 40 and 49 years, which classifies as outstanding by international standards as well, he added.

Rétvári said the pace of decrease well exceeds both the average of OECD states and that of the Visegrad Four countries.

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