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The 30s are heavy: Understanding suicide among Singapore’s young adults
We call it the prime of life, but for some, it’s a decade of hidden struggles.
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Of the 314 suicides in 2024, 202 were men.
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Jared Ng and Gasper Tan
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In 2024, suicide deaths among men and women in their 30s rose to 75 – the highest increase across all age groups.
This was one of the details that stood out in the latest report by the Samaritans of Singapore, which revealed that 314 people in Singapore took their own lives in 2024.
