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'{{Suicide sidebar}} '''[[Suicide]] in [[Lithuania]]''' has become a significant national social issue due its high rate.<ref name="Lithuania's Suicide Epidemic">{{cite web|title=Lithuania's Suicide Epidemic|url=http://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/cause-of-death/suicide/by-country/|publisher=Insight News TV|accessdate=16 November 2012}}</ref><ref name="Why Lithuanian Suicide Rates are the Highest in Europe (still)">{{cite web|title=Why Lithuanian Suicide Rates are the Highest in Europe (still)|url=http://www.ilovelithuania.com/profiles/blogs/why-lithuanian-suicide-rates|publisher=ilovelithuania.com|accessdate=16 November 2012}}</ref> == Causes == Social and financial problems in Lithuania are a major cause behind such high rate of suicides. According to Onutė Davidonienė, director of the State Mental Health Center, a main reason behind the dramatic rise in suicides over the last decade is the economic and social transition. This can be linked to the [[1998 Russian financial crisis|Russian economic crisis of 1998]] whose effect on Lithuania was prolonging the phenomenon.<ref name="Lithuania still suicide capital">{{cite web|title=Lithuania still suicide capital|url=http://www.baltictimes.com/news/articles/6210/|publisher=Baltic Times|accessdate=16 November 2012}}</ref> == Statistics == Statistics presented by Dainius Puras, a leading psychiatrist and co-author of Lithuania's emergency suicide bill, show that over 1500 people commit suicide in Lithuania per year.<ref name="Lithuania's Suicide Epidemic" /> According to a report of the [[World Health Organization]] 34 of every 100,000 people in Lithuania kill themselves each year.<ref name="Why Lithuanian Suicide Rates are the Highest in Europe (still)" /> {| class="wikitable" style="width: 60%;" |- ! colspan="8"|Suicide rates <small>(per 100,000)</small>, by gender, Lithuania, 1981-2009 |- ! Gender !! 1981 !! 1985 !! 1990 !! 1995 !! 2000 !! 2005 !! 2009 |- | Male|| 59.4 || 58.0 || 44.3 || 79.1 || 75.6 || 68.1 || 61.3 |- | Female || 10.7 || 12.9 || 9.7 || 15.6 || 16.1 || 12.9 || 10.4 |- | Average || 33.6 || 34.1 || 26.1 || 45.6 || 44.1 || 38.6 || 34.1 |- |colspan="8"|<center>'''Source''': World Health Organization<ref name="Suicide rates (per 100,000), by gender, Lithuania, 1981-2009.">{{cite web|title=Suicide rates (per 100,000), by gender, Lithuania, 1981-2009.|url=http://www.who.int/entity/mental_health/media/lith.pdf|publisher=World Health Organization|accessdate=3 December 2012}}</ref> </center> |} {| class="wikitable" style="width: 60%;" |- ! colspan="10"|Number of suicides by age group and gender. Lithuania, 2009 |- | '''Age (years)''' || 5-14 || 15-24 ||25-34 || 35-44 || 45-54 || 55-64 || 65-74 || 75+ || All |- | '''Males''' || 3|| 109|| 116|| 195|| 233|| 148|| 91 || 57 || 952 |- | '''Females''' || 2|| 16|| 15|| 26|| 39 || 27 || 21 || 40 || 186 |- | '''Total''' || 5 || 125 || 131 || 221 || 272 || 175 || 112 || 97 || 1138 |- |colspan="10"|<center>'''Source''': World Health Organization<ref name="Suicide rates (per 100,000), by gender, Lithuania, 1981-2009." /> </center> |} == Notable Lithuanians who committed suicide == * [[Romas Kalanta]], self-immolation protesting Soviet regime in Lithuania * [[Saulius Mykolaitis]], director, actor, suicide by hanging * [[Theodor Grotthuss]], chemist * [[Vytautas Šapranauskas]], actor, comedian and TV presenter, suicide by hanging * [[Vytautas Vičiulis]], painter, set himself ablaze * [[Yitzhak Wittenberg]], Jewish resistance fighter, swallowing poison * [[Your Mom]], crushed by an airplane == See also == * [[List of countries by suicide rate]] == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Suicide in Lithuania]]'