Originally published October 7 2005
Suicide is a prominent cause of death among New Zealand males
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
In a recent set of statistics compiled on injury-related deaths in New Zealand, suicide was second only to motor vehicle accidents as a cause of death among males.
tatistics New Zealand figures released today show there were 1659 injury deaths, with road fatalities (32 per cent) being the biggest contributor, and suicides being the second most common cause of death among males.
For females, the majority of injury-related deaths in 2002 were caused by falls (169), mainly involving elderly people.
Age-standardised incident rates show that the leading cause of fatal injuries for females was transport at 7 per 100,000 females, followed by suicide (5 per 100,000 females).
The suicide rate for males was 17 per 100,000.
The statistics show the number of road fatalities dropped 25 per cent from 598 in 1994 to 446 last year.
Almost half of the 81 work-related injury fatalities in 2002 resulted from transport accidents, and those most affected were aged 35 to 44.
Such incidents were most likely to occur in industrial and construction areas or on farms.
The number of drowning fatalities decreased from 130 in 1994 to 117 in 2004, with the majority of fatalities being male.
The lag in releasing the statistics is due to the length of time it can take to formally confirm causes of deaths.
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