Dr Yee: Healthy social activities a good way to reduce rising number of suicide cases

Moving together : Members of the Happy Line Dancing Group enjoying the music while they exercise.

MALACCA: Suicide rates in Malaysia are on the rise. According to the National Suicide Registry Malaysia’s (NSRM), there were 445 suicides as reported.

Out of that figure, 347 were men and 98 women while the highest number of suicides occurred by those between 30 and 39 years old (109), followed by those between 20 and 29 age bracket (108).