More than 96 percent of people who take their own lives had shown some types of warning signs before their deaths, according to an in-depth analysis released on Tuesday.
The report, compiled based on the results of the investigations into 1,099 suicide cases and interviews with 1,262 bereaved family members, shows that 96.6 percent of the people who killed themselves had displayed unusual behavioral patterns. But only 23.8 percent of them were recognized as serious warning signs by their friends or families, it added.
The publication of the report comes at a time when the government is stepping up efforts to lower the country’s rate of suicide, the leading cause of death among Korean teenagers and those in their 20s and 30s.
One of the most commonly observed warning signs was a change in things they talk about prior to their deaths, with 63.3 percent talking about wanting to die or other death-related topics more frequently than before, and about half of them displaying other 토토 verbal patterns such as constant self-deprecating expressions or more frequent complaints about their physical challenges.
Other common signs include a change in routine regarding when and how to sleep or what to eat, as well as becoming indifferent to their appearances, harming themselves with drug abuse or other means and suddenly attempting to put their personal affairs in order by, for example, fixing broken relationships.
