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This is the highest number of suicides recorded since 2012.
This increase was observed in all age groups, with a 7 per cent increase in number of suicides for youths aged 10 to 29 years old and middle-aged adults aged 30 to 59 years old.
The number of elderly, age 60 and above, who took their own lives was the highest since 1991.
The 154 deaths was a 26 per cent increase from 2019.
While there were a higher number of suicides, there was a small drop in the number of calls made by the elderly to the SOS 24-hour Hotline from 4,816 in 2019 to 4,455 in 2020.
Among those who revealed their age, calls made by the elderly in 2020 dropped from 20 per cent to 17 per cent.