‘Troubling’ Increase in Victorian Deaths by Suicide

In 2020, nearly 46,000 people died by suicide in America, and there were an estimated 1.2 million attempts.Lightspring/Shutterstock

Victoria has recorded its highest number of deaths by suicide in more than 20 years.

There were 756 suicide deaths last year, a nine percent increase on 2021 numbers, according to the latest coroner’s report published on Monday.