In the UK (population 60m) the average daily suicide count is around 10 people.
A report by the Office for National Statistics reveals that certain days are more popular to end it all than others. It tend to be beginnings. On Mondays, on average, 12 suicide. In fact the numbers fall throughout the week, to a low of 8 on sundays. The highest suicide toll on any day in the UK was New Year’s Day 2000, with 23.
Curiously there has been one day on which no one committed suicide, Friday March 16th, 2001. Wondering what was so special about that day, I had a quick trawl on the net and found this:
Now that IS depressing.
Tag: suicide, comicrelief, beginnings
