Peak of economic suicides among jobseekers. Indeed, Latium was the region where the number of suicides soared in 2010: +27.3 percent as opposed to +3 percent in Lombardy, which still remains the region with the highest suicide rate (496 cases in 2010), followed by Venetia (320 cases, +16.4 percent). This is what comes out of the latest report on suicide in Italy published by the Eures research institute, which points out that work has become a vital variable in the analysis. In 2009, 18.4 jobseekers out of 100,000 committed suicide, versus 4.4 for the same number of employees, economic suicides accounting for 10.3 percent of the total, as opposed to 2.9 percent in 2000. This increase went on in 2010 with 362 suicides among jobseekers (357 in 2009), i.e. almost one per day. There is a majority of men: 310 cases in 2010 as opposed to 213 in 2008. This confirms that work is a “fundamental component” of Italian people’s identity and that men play a key “social role” the report says. It also points out to the peak of suicides among 45-64 year-olds “kicked out” of the labor market after the crisis: 12.6 percent up from 2009 and 16.8 percent up from 2008.
4.4 for the same number of employees, economic suicides accounting for 10.3 percent of the total, as opposed to 2.9 percent in 2000. This increase went on in 2010 with 362 suicides among jobseekers (357 in 2009), i.e.
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