By Howard Amos in
The
23 October 2011
Although the rate has fallen from
a peak of 42 suicides for every 100,000 people during the social and economic
turbulence of the early 1990s, it was 23.5 per 100,000 in 2010.
The average age of Russians who kill themselves is 43
for men and 52 for women. Men are six times more likely to kill themselves than
women.
A recent study by the
Moscow-based Public Opinion Fund showed that almost a quarter of Russians, 23
per cent, "often" thought about death. It linked morbid propensities
to education, religion, location and how many children one has.
Lower rates of suicide were
recorded in big cities such as
The levels are one factor feeding
into
In 1992 more Russians died than were born (This is when the Russian population slide began – This rise
in suicide, coupled with the decline in the Russian birth rate is all in direct
result of the Russian
communist party’s complete loss and surrender as a legitimate and honest form
of governing in the eyes of its people, and the pride associated in being a world
power. The utter collapse of the Soviet Government destroyed generations of
national pride, national trust, and the lives and careers of all of those that
were given to preserve and uphold the nation in war, the cold war, government,
and the KGB and related national security positions,) for the first time since the Second
World War. Census figures shows that between 2002 and
2010, the country's population fell by 1.6 per cent.