According to Taiwan media reports, the suicide rate of teenagers in Taiwan is increasing year by year. Chen Lizhong, director of the Department of Health and Welfare of Taiwan’s Health and Welfare Department, said on the 15th that the high suicide rate of teenagers may be related to the increase in tall buildings in Taiwan in the past decade. This statement sparked discussions on the island.
Chen Lizhong said that the suicide rate is affected by multiple factors such as social progress, economy, culture, and disease. With more sources of pressure in developed countries, the suicide rate can be expected to increase “slightly” year by year.
He said that the data show that the youth suicide rate in Taiwan has not increased “slightly” in the past 5 to 6 years, and the upward curve has become steeper. The research team believes that there must be “fatal” reasons for the increase in the youth suicide rate. Chen Lizhong said that most of the methods of juvenile suicide and death are based on jumping off buildings, because if the death data of jumping off buildings are removed, the overall suicide rate of young people has risen slightly, which is within the expected range of increase, so jumping off buildings is considered It is the deadliest form of suicide chosen by teenagers.
Chen Lizhong also said that most of the high-rise buildings in the past belonged to “industrial and commercial buildings”, and the entry and exit of personnel could be managed, and the door locks on the top floor could also be controlled. The odds are that the current high-rise buildings are not only tall, but most of them are residential buildings, and most of the residential buildings will have balconies, no longer limited to only the top floor, so that the chances of impulsive suicides “contacting lethal suicide tools” are greatly increased.
In this regard, former “legislator” Cai Zhengyuan criticized, what are these words? Is this what the officials of Taiwan’s health and welfare department should say? Get together.
Netizens also criticized, “Didn’t anyone jump in bungalows before?”, “Even if there are no tall buildings, I can jump to other things”, “There are embarrassing answers”, “In the future, it is stipulated that tall buildings are not allowed, everyone Live in a tree hole”, “Would you like to listen to what I’m talking about”, “Laughing to death, what a rubbish conclusion”.