Dear Paul Thanks for this. Best Gerald -----Original Message----- From: Paul Carney <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: 17 July 2001 17:25 Subject: Re: 'Special Needs'? >Dear Gerald > >> I was surprised to receive information that children as young >> as six are now attempting to kill themselves. Off the top of >> my head I think that suicide accounts for around a third of >> all deaths of young males aged 16-24 > >If you wish to find out these sort of statistics go to >www.statistics.gov.uk you will find the site has all sort of >interesting stats, including mortality rates per 100,000 of the >population and cause of death. It's sobering to note that the >statisitcs for suicide haven't altered that much over the years >and that three times more males than females are likely to >commit suicide. > > > >===== >Best wishes > >Paul > >____________________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk >or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie