* {draw:g} {draw:g} *A report on {draw:g} Suicide in Australia {pcut:paragraph_to_cut} Suicide is a very serious and complex issue. It is very difficult to accurately measure the impact suicide has on families, individuals, and whole communities. However, it is important that as a society we aim to inform the public with up to date research and evidence on suicide prevention in an effort to reduce the impact of suicide. In Australia, approximately 1in every 10,000 people take their own lives each year. Although it is impossible to identify any single cause, Studies have identified a number of risk factors influencing suicide. Unfortunately suicide affects hundreds and thousands of Australians each and every year. Evidence has suggested that suicide rates for males increased from 16.5% in 1979 to 23.1% in 1998, current information has now suggested that among males aged 15-24 years it is the second leading cause of death. Another change is the gradual increase of suicide in men aged 75 or older; nevertheless, no amount of information can accurately measure the profound impact and deep distress that surrounds suicide. (171 words) 1.1 Issue {text:list-item} {text:list-item} 2.0 Awareness of suicide Suicide affects hundreds and thousands of Australians each year. The World Health Organisation has documented that someone commits suicide every 39 seconds. (Wikipedia, 2009). The incidence of suicide is rare (in 1998, 2% of all deaths were attributed to suicide) they are nonetheless needless deaths. Families, friends and whole communities are left devastated by these premature, unnecessary deaths. “Approximately 2683, people took their own lives in Australia during 1998, and of these 2,150 of these suicides were male, Outnumbering females by ratio of 4:1” (Wesley mission, 2009).Furthermore “every person who dies in this way, there are at least another 30 people who attempt suicide” (Sane, 2009). “The risk is highest for men between 25 and 34...