Scots suicide rate highest in UK
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Scotland has the highest rate of suicide in the UK among men and women, latest figures show.
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Health officials reported that the rate of suicide in Americans ages 10 to 24 increased 8 percent from 2003 to 2004, the largest jump in more than 15 years.
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The suicide rate among preteen and teenage girls rose to its highest level in a decade, and hanging surpassed guns as the preferred method, federal health officials reported Thursday.
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The severely mentally ill are more likely to die from heart and circulatory problems than is the general population, said a British study.
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Two cousins are the latest victims in the wave of suicides by young people from Bridgend, South Wales
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SCOTS have the worst chances in Europe of surviving lung cancer, it was revealed today.
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1m sozzled Caledonians at risk Over one million Scots are drinking at "potentially harmful levels", according to Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (Shaap) which reckons the real figure could be even higher.â¦
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Figures seen by the BBC show that self-inflicted deaths in English prisons reached a new monthly high in August.
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The number of inmates killing themselves in prisons in England and Wales rose significantly in 2007, figures show.
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Babies of teenage mothers and infants who have a low birth weight have a higher risk of committing suicide later in life than other children, according to Swedish scientists.
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THE rate of individual bankruptcies is growing rapidly in Scotland, but is still well behind the two UK hotspots of Northern Ireland and London, according to new research.
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A new study has drawn direct links between anti-gay discrimination and mental health, with results suggesting nearly a third of lesbian, gay and bisexual people in the United Kingdom have attempted suicide.
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US war veterans are twice as likely to commit suicide than ordinary civilians, a study suggests.
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Children born with a low birth weight and being born to teenage mothers ,have an increased risk of committing suicide at a later age, a new population study has revealed.
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Help the Aged says the number of winter deaths in Scotland last year exceeded those on the country's roads.
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A suicide takes place somewhere around the world every 40 seconds, or nearly one million a year, and the rate looks set to surge over the next two decades, international health experts said on Wednesday.
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The region with the highest ratio of smokers in Scotland is targeted for help by health bosses.