Greek Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) said on Monday there was 26.5 percent increase in the suicide rate in 2011 compared to a year before and 43 percent compared to 2007, the year before the crisis began.
The agency said there were 328 suicides in 2007, 373 in 2008, 391 in 2009, 377 in 2010 and 477 in 2011.
According to Klimaka, a non-governmental organization (NGO), the number of people taking their own lives in the country could actually be much higher because many of these deaths are not documented .... http://www.presstv.ir
