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As you can see, cookies can benefit both the internet user and the website, but are they safe for our devices?
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Suicide is a problem that affects families every day in Australia, as an average of 8 Australians take their own lives every day. Suicide is the leading cause of death for ages between 15 and 44. For every one suicide there are approximately 100 โ 200 suicide attempts.
Suicide rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are approximately twice those of non-Indigenous Australians.
3 million Australians are living with depression or anxiety. Depression is the leading cause of disability world-wide. Anxiety is the most common mental health condition in Australia. On average, 1 in 4 people will experience anxiety:
575,000 child and adolescents aged 4 to 17 (about 14%) experience mental health disorders in the previous year. The most common disorders are: ๐ Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), ๐ Anxiety disorders, ๐ Depressive disorder and ๐ Conduct disorder.
Between 10 and 15 percent of older adults experience depression, and approximately 10 percent experience anxiety. Rates of depression among people living in residential aged-care facilities are believed to be much higher, at around 35 percent.
Age discrimination can negatively impact upon older people's mental health.
Depression is 3 to 4 times more common in people with dementia compared to older people without dementia.
Mental health issues affect almost one million people living in rural and remote areas, around one in five people. The barriers around treatment are:
Those living in rural and remote communities access mental health services at one fifth the rate of people in cities, and on average have double the rate of suicide. Most risk of suicide are farmers, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are 1.7 more likely to be hospitalised than non-Indigenous people. 95% of Aboriginal people in Australia are affected by a suicide Aboriginal people are 6 Times More Likely to commit suicide, compared to non-Aboriginal people. The Kimberley region has one of the highest suicide rates in the world. For Aboriginal people 15-35 years, suicide is the leading cause of death – one in 3 deaths is suicide.