Last year 1,600 people in Sweden took their own lives – the highest number since 1989.
Statistics for 2013 from Sweden’s National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen) found that suicide rates had increased for the second year in a row. In 2011 there were 1,378 suicides in Sweden. The largest increase was found in people aged between 15 and 24 years old.
Read more: The Local Sweden