Suicide : advocating active prevention

Since 1993, and our assembly’s study on suicide prevention, suicide has been identified as a public health problem. In 2010, the number of deaths due to suicide was 10,509, or a decrease of 20% in 25 years, with the figure reaching 50% in adolescents as a result of specifically targeted strategies. National programmes for the prevention of suicide, put in place in the 2000s, have contributed to this outcome. However, the rate of death due to suicide in France remains high in comparison with the European average.