Press release for 10 September 2012

World Suicide Prevention Day or World Suicide Prevention Day (World Suicide Prevention Day) - international date, which is celebrated all over the planet annually, 10 september.

World Suicide Prevention Day is initiated by the International Association for Suicide Prevention (MAPS) with the active support of the World Health Organization and under the patronage of the United Nations.

According to the WHO, suicide is the 13th leading cause of death worldwide, and in the age range from 15 to 44 years, its importance rises to the fourth place. IN 2000 r. according to various sources from 815 thous. to 1 million. people all over the world committed suicide. There is reason to believe, that the reported suicide rate remains underreported by 20%, and in some regions of the world - by 100% as a result of prevailing social or religious views of suicide.

According to statistics provided by WHO, more people die from suicide in the third millennium, than all the wars and violent killings combined. In most economically developed countries of the world, suicide is among the top ten causes of death..

Suicide is a very significant moral and economic problem. World economic losses from suicide amounted to 1,8% the global burden of disease in 1998 r. and will make 2,4% To 2020 g., when the number of people, deaths from suicide will reach 1 530 000 in year. Approximately at 10-20 times more people commit suicidal attempts, which puts this form of auto-aggression on the 6th place among the causes of disability. Moreover, each case of suicide is associated with the experience of a severe traumatic reaction of grief by the family and friends of the person who committed suicide, whose lives this act affects emotionally, socially and economically.

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Pathological states of consciousness have been known for a long time., drug-induced. Everyone has heard about the possible consequences of using these drugs.: about hell of a heroin addiction, about the risk of overdose, about the dangers of driving while intoxicated, about mental degradation of a person, long time drug user, the risk of cancer from smoking…

Most of these caveats are warranted to some extent.. And yet people continue to use psychotropic drugs. Some do it, to eliminate the pain, other – to find a dream, third – to cheer yourself up in crucial moments; but many – just for that, to feel “other”, find a state of inner well-being, which helps them overcome the difficulties of life, and often avoid them. Tobacco, coffee, alcohol – it, undoubtedly, the most common psychotropic substances, consumed in our society. In our society, only alcohol and tobacco are considered acceptable. (both of which, by the way, addictive)

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In the Republic of Belarus one of the first places in the structure of morbidity, mortality and disability of the population, as in previous years, are occupied by diseases of the circulatory system (BIA). The urgency of the BSC problem is due to the high prevalence of this pathology leading to temporary disability..

The total incidence from BSC in 2009. made up 2934,8, growth from 2765,4 in 2008. on 10 thousand population. The primary morbidity rate in the adult population decreased by 11,2% (from 354,8 on 100 thousand population in 2008. to 315,2 in 2009.).

In the structure of diseases of the circulatory system, there is an increase in the level of coronary heart disease (CHD) and cerebrovascular diseases (CVB): the total incidence of coronary artery disease in 2009 year was 1215,9 on 10 thous. adult population (in 2008. – 1125,0, in 2007. – 988,6; 2006r. – 942,4), the general incidence of CVD - 554,2 on 10 thous. adult population (in 2008. – 533,1, in 2007. – 479,0; 2006r. – 568,2).

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