“Trinidad and Tobago has the third highest suicide rate in the English-speaking Caribbean after Guyana and Suriname.” Dr Roshan Parasram, Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health – Tuesday, March 7, 2017)
It is estimated that up to 200 persons a year commit suicide in T&T. Dr Parasram made the above statement at a recent Media Sensitisation Workshop on Responsible and Ethical Media Reporting on Suicide and Self-Harm at the Hilton Trinidad.
As reported in the Trinidad & Tobago Guardian on March 9, he said “data showed that in T&T the number of males who died by suicide is approximately five times more than the number of females. Research suggests that while males are more likely to complete suicide, females are more likely to attempt suicide…in the last ten years the highest number of suicides was in the 25 to 34 age group.
