A recent study of suicide incidence and risk factors in rural coastal Kenya found being male & living in extreme poverty to be important risk factors. > 64 year olds had highest suicide rate. Hanging oneself was the commonest method. https://t.co/
@ntvkenya @debarlinea True, and the fatal outcomes of untreated mental illness such as suicide can occur at any stage of life, for instance we found that in Kilifi, older people are more likely to die by suicide https://t.co/hAPox8lcDH
Suicide in a rural area of coastal Kenya. https://t.co/pvKCirRfWQ