The UK Government's appointment of Jackie Doyle-Price to the newly created role of Minister for Suicide Prevention marks a welcome development in the approach to an area of some concern. While suicide rates have fallen heavily in the UK since the Office for National Statistics began keeping records in 1981, almost no progress has been made in suicide rate reduction during 2007–17, with the overall suicide rate rising from 10·0 deaths per 100 000 to 10·1 deaths per 100 000.

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良好的第一步

英国政府任命Jackie Doyle-Price担任预防自杀部长的新职务，标志着该地区在一些令人关注的问题上的做法取得了可喜的进展。自1981年国家统计局开始记录以来，英国的自杀率已大幅下降，但在2007-17年度自杀率降低方面几乎没有进展，总体自杀率从每10万人死亡10人中上升了0人每十万人中有10·1人死亡。