Please note the revised numbers of deaths by suicide for men and women in lede, as well as that the suicide quotient equals the number of deaths per 100,000 people, NOT 10,000 as incorrectly stated in para 3 in a report from 6 September.

Ljubljana, 21 September - A total of 402 people in Slovenia committed suicide in 2022, of whom 321 were men and 81 women, the National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ) said ahead of World Suicide Prevention Day. Despite the slight downward trend in the 2013-2022 period, a lot of work still needs to be done to improve suicide prevention, the health authorities added.