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314 Suicides Reported Here in 2024; It Remains Leading Cause of Deaths Among Youth

The Straits Times

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July 20, 2025

A total of 314 suicide deaths were reported in Singapore in 2024, with the highest increase recorded among adults aged 30 to 39.

- Syarafana Shafeeq

Suicide remained the leading cause of death for young people aged 10 to 29 for a sixth consecutive year, according to data from the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority's (ICA) Report on Registration of Births and Deaths 2024, which was published in July.

Of the 314 suicide deaths in 2024, 64.3 per cent – or 202 – of the cases were males, like in previous years.

The number of adults aged 30 to 39 who died by suicide rose from 43 in 2023 to 75 in 2024.

The suicide death rate in Singapore is currently 5.91 per 100,000 residents.

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