The number of deaths by suicide is falling in the EU. In 2021, there were about 47,000 deaths due to suicide across the 27-country bloc, down 13.3% from 2011, when the data first started being recorded. This is the equivalent of an average of 10.2 deaths per 100,000 people. “Even one suicide is one too many. So the fact that we have had a decrease of the suicide rate by 13% in the EU and of course a slower decrease on suicide in the rest of the world, however, means one thing and one thing only: that we should not celebrate, but we should take the lessons,” Dr Ledia Lazëri, Regional Adviser on…