Study: Suicide Rates Increasing in China

NPR | By Rob Gifford

Published December 3, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

Each year, about 280,000 people in China commit suicide while 2 million more attempt it, according to an article published in the British medical journal The Lancet. NPR's Rob Gifford reports.

Rob Gifford

Rob Gifford is the NPR foreign correspondent based in Shanghai.

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