Strange happenings in Bridgend

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I deleted them Ruby, no point in giving him any attention. xxx

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@slayer wrote:

As I’ve said the suicide rate in the Bridgend area is the same as the rest of the country

15 suicides (in the age group concerned) per 100,000 is the national “average”

17 suicides in Bridgend in 12 months and 120,000 people live in the Bridgend area

Not exceptional, not extraordinary, just very tragic, as is any other suicide

Even before 2007, the county borough of Bridgend was one of three counties in Wales showing above average suicide rates for young males aged between 15 and 24.
But the numbers involved were relatively small, with official figures up to the end of 2006 showing an average for males in the 15-24 age group of just three suicides per year.
Last year, however, the rate of suicide for young males tripled: in 2007, there were nine males from Bridgend in that age range who took their own lives.
icWales.co.uk

Even before the latest deaths, suicide rates among men in Wales were the highest in the UK. In Bridgend, three 15 to 24-year-old men committed suicide on average every year between 1996 and 2006.
Timesonline

I agree Slayer it is indeed very tragic.
I read somewhere that the national average for females between 15- 24 was 2 per 1000. As we are still only in February of this year and 4 teenage girls, one boy and a man have taken their own lives, in this area, I think this is well and above a usual situation thereby making it extraordinary and exceptional.