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WHO report ranks Sri Lanka has having 4th highest suicide rate

A World Health Organisation (WHO) report ranked Sri Lanka as having the 4th highest suicide rate from statistics gathered in 172 countries.

The report published on Friday, entitled 'Preventing suicide: A global imperative', found that the rate of suicide in Sri Lanka was over double the global average.

Suicide rate in Jaffna increases since end of armed conflict (20 August 2014)

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