Seosan-si, South Chungcheong Province, suicide rate decreases for two consecutive years... Life-respecting safe village expansion plan

Seosan City, South Chungcheong Province, announced on the 1st that the suicide rate per 100,000 people last year was 31.2, a decrease for two consecutive years.

The suicide rate in Seosan City, which soared to 41.5 in 2023, decreased to 32.6 in 2024 and then decreased by another 1.4 last year.

Among the 15 cities and counties in South Chungcheong Province, it was the seventh highest in 2023, but improved to the eleventh highest in 2024 and the thirteenth highest last year.

Last year, Seosan City signed business agreements with 48 institutions and organizations and created five towns, villages, and dongs into safe villages that respect life.

In the life-respecting safety village, residents and organizations work together to carry out various activities such as depression and stress screening, counseling guidance, and respect-for-life campaigns.

This year, the city plans to create three additional towns, villages, and villages as life-respecting safe villages.

Kim Yong-ran, director of the Seosan City Public Health Center, said, “Efforts to detect and support citizens in need of help must continue,” and added, “We will continue to identify and provide counseling to high-risk groups while creating an environment where citizens and local organizations work together to protect lives.”