Youth suicide cases confirmed by Hong Kong Coroner’s Court reached a decade-high last year, despite a 10 per cent overall decline across the population to 1,019.
According to the annual coroners’ report published last month, suicide cases confirmed by the court declined across almost all age groups, except for those aged between 10 and 19.
Last year, 46 adolescents aged 10 to 19 were reported to have taken their own lives, up from 34 cases in the previous year and reaching a decade high. Most of these deaths involved falls from height.
There was also one girl aged below 10 who took her own life.
The age group that had the sharpest decline was the 40-to-49 bracket, which recorded 138 cases, down by 26 per cent from 186 in the previous year.
The total number of suicide cases, although 10 per cent down from the 10-year peak of 1,138 in 2024, was still well above the triple-digit figures recorded before the pandemic.
