More than 40 percent of people who survived a suicide

More than 40 percent of people who survived a suicide attempt that saw them transported to the emergency care department of Yokohama City University Medical Center have tried to kill themselves before, according to a survey by Yokohama City University researchers.

With the number of suicides this year exceeding 30,000 for the ninth straight year, experts have said there is a pressing need to devise measures to prevent people from committing suicide. They have pointed out that the reasons people are driven to take their own lives are not well understood.

A researcher said that because those who have attempted suicide could try to end their lives again, medical care and social support are very important for suicide attempt survivors.

Since fiscal 2003, the team has interviewed all survivors of suicide attempts who have been hospitalized at the emergency care center of the university's hospital as well as their family members.

The team further analyzed 554 survivors--222 men and 332 women--or 11.7 percent of those taken to the hospital from 2003 to July 2007.

According to the team, 48.1 percent of survivors said they had not tried to kill themselves before, but 41.8 said they had. Of those who had tried before, 21.8 percent said they had tried once and 20 percent said they had tried more than twice.

A Finnish survey in the 1990s found that about 50 percent of suicide survivors later killed themselves, a figure similar to the findings of the survey conducted by the Yokohama team.

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Of the survivors analyzed 73.4 percent were found to have lived with their family, and nearly 80 percent suffered mental illnesses, such as depression or adjustment disorders.
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Drug overdoses accounted for 47.7 percent of suicides, and jumping to death and cutting about 14 percent each.

At 22 percent, poor health is the main reason for suicide, followed by problems related to relationships and economic problems.
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By age bracket, those in their 20s accounted for 28.6 percent of attempts and those in their 30s for 24.7 percent, followed by those in the 40s, 50s and 60s.