Question
Mr Sitoh Yih Pin
MP for Potong Pasir GRC
To ask the Minister for Social and Family Development what is the number of youth suicides, broken down into male and female youths, for the past two years.
Answer
The number of suicides fluctuates from year to year, and the number involving 10- to 19-year-olds in 2017 and 2018 is as follows
Number of suicides involving 10- to 19-year-olds
|
2017
|
2018
|
|---|---|---|
Total
|
12
|
22
|
No. of males
|
7
|
19
|
No. of females
|
5
|
3
|