One jobless person per day kills self in ItalyYeah, this is what I was afraid of happening in the US. Also murder-suicides of families. I think we lucked out. I’m sorry to hear Italy wasn’t so lucky.Subject: [1WORLD2012] One jobless person per day kills self in ItalyOne jobless person per day kills self in Italy
Unemployed male suicides up 45% in three years
17 April, 14:10Guarda la foto1 di 1(ANSA) - Rome, April 17 - Joblessness is driving nearly one person everyday to commit suicide in Italy, a new report showed Tuesday.
In 2010, 362 people who killed themselves were out of work, up from 357 in 2009, both a significant rise from an average 270 in the three previous years, according to the Eures think tank's report 'Suicide in Italy in a Time of Crisis'.
Of the total number of those who committed suicide from 2008 to 2010, 39.2% were unemployed. The rise in suicides among the unemployed was particularly apparent among the male population. In 2008, 231 jobless men killed themselves; in 2009 the number went up to 303; in 2010, it went up again to 310: a 45.5% jump in only three years.
The authors of the report credited men's tendency to identify themselves with their occupations as a factor for the disproportionate toll on men compared to women.
The suicide rate is also up among those aged 45 to 64, corresponding to the so-called 'esodati' ('exiled') demographic, who are laid-off employees who are ineligible to receive a pension because they are younger than the minimum retirement age.
That age group suffered a 12.6% rise in 2010, following a 16.8% rise in 2009. Artisans and merchants suffered the greatest suicide toll among sectors in 2010 with 192 total deaths. Businessmen and independent contractors accounted for 144 suicides.The industrial north of Italy leads the country in total suicides, with the Lombardy region surrounding Milan in first place, the Veneto region second and Emilia-Romagna third. photo: demonstrators protesting lay-offs














