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'''Suicide in Kazakhstan''' is a common cause of [[unnatural death]] in the country and a long term [[social issue]]. According to the 2011 report of [[World Health Organization]], of all the people reported dead due to [[suicide]] worldwide every year, 3.23% belong to [[Kazakhstan]].<ref name="Suicide rate WR">{{cite web|title=Suicide rate|url=http://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/kazakhstan-suicide|accessdate=16 November 2012}}</ref> Suicide of teenage and young age people is a big issue in the country.<ref name="Kazakhstan: Concerns Over Adolescent Suicides" /><br />
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== Statistics ==<br />
The country has highest number of recorded suicides among girls aged 15 to 19, and for boys, it is the second highest after [[Russia]]. A [[UNICEF]] report of 2009 shows, between 1999 and 2008 the number of suicides among young people of the country increased by 23%.<ref name="Kazakhstan: Concerns Over Adolescent Suicides">{{cite web|title=Kazakhstan: Concerns Over Adolescent Suicides|url=http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/topic,45a5fb512,45a5fbee2,4da7ebfa15,0,,,KAZ.html|publisher=UNHCR|accessdate=16 November 2012}}</ref><br />
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According to Raisa Sher, head of the country's education ministry's child protection committee, there are several factors behind such high rates of suicide among people of a young age, such as:<ref name="Kazakhstan: Concerns Over Adolescent Suicides" /><br />
* [[School bullying|Getting bullied in schools]]<br />
* Absence or loss of values<br />
* Falling standards of social behavior<br />
* Exposure of minors to violent images on television<br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="width: 60%;"<br />
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! colspan="10"|Number of suicides by age group and gender. Kazakhstan, 2008<br />
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| '''Age (years)''' || 5–14 || 15–24 ||25–34 || 35–44 || 45–54 || 55–64 || 65–74 || 75+ || All<br />
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| '''Males'''|| 66 || 657 || 860 || 656 || 522 || 240 || 143 || 86 || 3241<br />
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| '''Females''' ||19 || 239 || 152 || 120 || 97 || 52 || 41 || 47 || 768<br />
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| '''Total''' || 85 || 896 || 1012 || 776 || 619 || 292 || 184 || 133 || 4009<br />
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|colspan="10"|<center>'''Source''': World Health Organization<ref name="Suicide rates (per 100,000), by gender, Kazakhstan, 1981-2008.">{{cite web|title=Suicide rates (per 100,000), by gender, Kazakhstan, 1981-2008.|url=http://www.who.int/mental_health/media/kaza.pdf|publisher=World Health Organization|accessdate=16 November 2012}}</ref> </center><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Death in Kazakhstan]]<br />
[[Category:Suicide by country|Kazakhstan]]</div>Me, Myself, and I are Here