The Malta Independent 6 November 2024, Wednesday
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143 people committed suicide since the start of 2017

Wednesday, 19 October 2022, 17:17 Last update: about 3 years ago

Minister for Home, Byron Camilleri revealed that 143 people have committed suicide since the start of 2017.

This was in response to a parliamentary question asked by PN spokesperson for Active Ageing, Paula Mifsud Bonnici.

Since the start of 2017, there have been 114 men and 29 women reported as victims of suicide. From the total, 29 of the reported suicides have been foreigners.

The most suicides recorded since the start of 2017, came in 2021 when 34 people committed suicide.

In 2022, up until September, there have been 19 suicides.


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