The number of Australians who took their own lives surpassed 3,000 last year for the first time, new figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) have revealed.
Key points:
- Women ending their lives increased by 26pc over last five-year period
- People with mental health conditions highly represented in statistics: SANE Australia
- All states except SA reported stable or rising rate of suicide deaths in 2015
In 2015, there were 3,027 people who died by suicide — 2,292 were men and 735 were women.
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