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Suicide is a problem that affects families every day in Australia, as an average of 8 Australians take their own lives every day. Suicide is the leading cause of death for ages between 15 and 44. For every one suicide there are approximately 100 – 200 suicide attempts.
Suicide rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are approximately twice those of non-Indigenous Australians.
3 million Australians are living with depression or anxiety. Depression is the leading cause of disability world-wide. Anxiety is the most common mental health condition in Australia. On average, 1 in 4 people will experience anxiety:
On average, approximately one in six women and one in eight men will experience some degree of depression.Each year, approximately one million Australian adults are affected by depression, while over two million are affected by anxiety.
575,000 child and adolescents aged 4 to 17 (about 14%) experience mental health disorders in the previous year.
📈 1 in 5 adolescents experience depression by the time they reach 18 years of age.
📈 Half of all mental health conditions in adulthood begin before the age of 14.
📈 4 out of 5 Australian teenagers think people their age may not seek support for depression or anxiety because the are afraid of what others will think of them.
Mental health issues affect almost one million people living in rural and remote areas, around one in five people. The barriers around treatment are:
Those living in rural and remote communities access mental health services at one fifth the rate of people in cities, and on average have double the rate of suicide. Most risk of suicide are farmers, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are 1.7 more likely to be hospitalised than non-Indigenous people. 95% of Aboriginal people in Australia are affected by a suicide Aboriginal people are 6 Times More Likely to commit suicide, compared to non-Aboriginal people. The Kimberley region has one of the highest suicide rates in the world. For Aboriginal people 15-35 years, suicide is the leading cause of death – one in 3 deaths is suicide.
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