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Suicides hit record high in 1998Date Posted: 1999-06-19 The report highlights the costly consequences of an economy under threat, particularly so for middle-aged men. Figures show 22,338 men committed suicide, of which a large percentage were middle-aged men over 50 years of age, possible casualties from bankrupt companies or firms forced to lay-off workers from positions once considered as life-time employment. The figure marks the first time suicides by men have exceeded 20,000. Suicide also claimed the lives of 9,396 women, a dramatic and disturbing 25 percent increase from 1997 figures. Overall, the 1998 figures represent a 35 percent increase over the year before. |
   
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