THE Health Ministry’s Global School-based Student Health Survey in 2012 showed that 7% to 9% of 25,507 schoolchildren between the ages of 13 and 17 showed a tendency to commit suicide, says Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam.
About 6% to 7% of those surveyed had tried to commit suicide more than once in a period of 12 months, he added.
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