Source: http://www.littlespeck.com/content/lifestyle/CTrendsLifestyle-090314.htm
In 2007 the government reported 419 cases, or more than one suicide a day, compared with 346 in 2003.
Singaporean youths between the ages of ten and 24 who committed suicide increased by 37% in 2007 to 6.7 (from 4.9 in 2006) per 100,000, it was announced in Parliament.
Some blame it on the education system that is still geared towards high grades and rote learning. Others think it is due to parental pressure.
A third school of thought attributes it to a frail, over-protected new generation that has not experienced hardship in their young lives.
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