Suicide in Greece

[3] There are also cases, such as those of Dimitris Christoulas or the 45-year-old teacher Savvas Metoikidis, where their decisions were a form of protest to the current economic situation in Greece.

The region with the highest suicide rate in Greece is Crete, followed by Thessaly and Attica in the second and third place respectively.

[5] As in the case of many other countries, the proportion of men (76%) dying from suicide is higher than that of women (24%).

[6] Suicides of young people include the deaths of the 20-years old judo athlete Eleni Ioannou and 25-years old football player Giannis Koskiniatis in 2004 and 2008 respectively.

In 2012, a 36-year old woman also died via suicide by jumping from a 6th floor balcony in Pagrati, Athens.