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Sarah Scott

Suicide deaths in Northern Ireland increase as one in every three was someone aged under 30

The number of suicide deaths in Northern Ireland has increased and is the highest since 2015, new statistics show.

The latest figures for 2021 revealed there were 237 suicide deaths, an increase of 8.2% from the previous year and one in three of those deaths were someone aged under 30.

Suicide deaths were highest for men between the ages of 25 and 29 and 45 and 49, while for women the highest number of suicide deaths were between the ages of 20 and 24.

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