Suicide has always been a great problem not only in Europe but all over the world. What makes people kill themselves? Hardly any of us can answer this question because even the age, social status or sex do not define a reason for committing a suicide. Every year about 1,000,000 suicides happen worldwide and Europe, east and west, has 163,000 of those. Most people decide to end their lives at home or work and some of them chose a special place to visit before death.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) Europe has the world’s highest suicide rate and if it used to be the over-75 age group, today the cases are rising among young people. Women attempt suicide 3 times more than men, though men 3 times more actually commit it. It is known that women are more likely to chose “romantic” ways of killing themselves like poisoning or jumping off high buildings and bridges while men use much more violent methods such as gunshot to head and mouth or crush injury. All the scientists and researchers firmly insist that Europe needs to lose its shameful record of 17.5 suicides per 100,000 population. Talking about most suicidal countries the UK, Sweden, Germany, France, Hungary and Belgium are on top-10.
