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 must 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 Health Statistics and Information Directorate of the National Ministry of Health (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 notification implementation strategy that the health portfolio, headed by Carla Vizzottiis being carried out in different provinces of the country, numbers were known about this public health problem that will now be part of the support material for surveillance.
The initiative is based on the law sanctioned in 2015 and regulated in 2020 called the National Suicide Prevention Law No. 27,130. It is aimed at reducing the prevalence of suicide through care and prevention.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has been warning about this problem for years, but they assure that the pandemic aggravated it even more. According to the organization, “suicide represents a growing and priority public health problem both globally and regionally” and defines it as a complex and multi-causal phenomenon where biological, social, cultural, psychological and environmental factors interact.
They also explain that 1 in 100 deaths occur due to the decision to take their own life and add that more than 700,000 people commit suicide each year according to data from 2021. “Suicide is also the fourth leading cause of death among young people between the ages of 15 and 29”adds the report.
For more information, enter the “Suicide Prevention” section present in argentina.gob.ar or call the Suicide Assistance Center: (011) 5275-1135.
