{"id":5325,"date":"2013-01-23T16:43:42","date_gmt":"2013-01-23T16:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/?p=5325"},"modified":"2013-01-23T17:06:35","modified_gmt":"2013-01-23T17:06:35","slug":"2013jan23suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/2013jan23suicide\/","title":{"rendered":"Suicides rise in 2011 as BBC3 makes fun"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jessica Cobb – committed suicide because of bullying.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Suicide rates among middle-aged men and young women in Britain increased to their highest level in almost a decade during 2011, according to newly released figures.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There has been a \u2018significant\u2019 rise in the overall number of people who have taken their own life in the United Kingdom over the past 12 months, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said yesterday.<\/p>\n

A teenager from Abbots Langley is the latest teenager to be driven to suicide by bullying. Jessica Cobb, 15,\u00a0was bullied\u00a0‘for being pretty’<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 Girls in their teens and twenties are the group with the biggest rise in the suicide rate over the past six years.<\/p>\n

BBC3 is set to screen a comedy about assisted suicide\u00a0this month<\/a><\/strong>. For those who have lost loved ones, suicide is anything but funny.\u00a0 Christian Voice is among those pleading with BBC3 controller Zai Bennett, to drop the show.\u00a0 Alarm has also been raised about websites\u00a0promoting suicide viewed by young people.<\/a><\/p>\n

Stephen Green, National Director of Christian Voice, said today:<\/p>\n

‘The rise in suicide amongst two groups in particular – middle-aged men and young women – should be of great concern.\u00a0 There is a growing culture of suicide becoming acceptable in Britain today.\u00a0 Websites encouraging young people to take their own lives should be shut down, and as for the BBC3 comedy ‘Way to go’, the word ‘irresponsible’ hardly conveys the enormity of what they are adding to the cultural mix.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘At a time when every country of the UK has a scheme trying to reduce suicide, for our national broadcaster to make light of it is a total abuse of their privileged position.\u00a0 I am not sure what can be done about the pro-suicide websites, but BBC3’s Controller, Zai Bennett,\u00a0could and should scrap ‘Way to go’ especially in the light of these newly-released figures.’<\/p>\n

Key points from the ONS statistics<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

* In 2011 there were 6,045 suicides in people aged 15 and over in the UK, an increase of 437 compared with 2010.<\/p>\n

* The UK suicide rate increased significantly between 2010 and 2011, from 11.1 to 11.8 deaths per 100,000 population.<\/p>\n

* There were 4,552 male suicides in 2011 (a rate of 18.2 suicides per 100,000 population) and 1,493 female suicides (5.6 per 100,000 population).<\/p>\n

* The highest suicide rate was in males aged 30 to 44 (23.5 deaths per 100,000 population in 2011).<\/p>\n

* The suicide rate in males aged 45 to 59 increased significantly between 2007 and 2011 (22.2 deaths per 100,000 population in 2011).<\/p>\n

* The overall male suicide rate is the highest since 2002.<\/p>\n

* From an all-time low of 5.0 suicides per 100,000 population in 2007, female suicides have tended to increase and the suicide rate of 5.6 deaths per 100,000 population in 2011 was significantly higher.<\/p>\n

* Female suicide rates were highest in 45 to 59-year-olds in 2011 (7.3 deaths per 100,000 population).<\/p>\n

* Females aged 15 to 29 had the lowest suicide rates of any age group. However, the rate in this age group has increased significantly from a record low of 2.9 deaths per 100,000 in 2007 to 4.2 deaths per 100,000 in 2011.<\/p>\n

Suicide prevention programmes accross the United Kingdom<\/strong><\/p>\n

In September 2012 the Department of Health launched ‘Preventing Suicide in England: a cross-government outcomes strategy to save lives’.<\/p>\n

Following a public consultation in 2009, the Welsh Assembly Government published ‘Talk to Me: The National Action Plan to Reduce Suicide and Self Harm in Wales, 2009-2014’.<\/p>\n

In Scotland, a 10-year ‘Choose Life’ suicide prevention strategy and action plan was launched in 2002 with the overarching aim to reduce suicide in Scotland by 20% by 2013 (Scottish Executive, 2002).<\/p>\n

In 2006, the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety in Northern Ireland (DHSSPS) published ‘Protect Life: A Shared Vision – The Northern Ireland Suicide Prevention Strategy and Action Plan, 2006-2011’. The strategy includes two targets:<\/p>\n

i. to obtain a 10% reduction in the overall suicide rate by 2008<\/p>\n

ii. to reduce the overall suicide rate by a further 5% by 2011<\/p>\n

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