The agency notes cultural differences, views and attitudes toward suicide influence whether people will attempt suicide and whether suicides will be accurately reported The WHO report says most suicides in occur in Asia, which accounts for up to But it reports Eastern European countries have the highest rates of suicide.

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Fonseka,in 2006, survived an assassination attempt when a suicide bomber attacked his motorcade.

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Women are twice as likely to attempt suicide but men are four times more successful.

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And the number of people who attempt suicide, researchers estimate, is about ten times the number who succeed.

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Lord Whitty described how one young gay person in every five would inflict harm on themselves or attempt suicide.

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