Victoria has recorded its highest number of deaths by suicide in more than 20 years.
There were 756 suicide deaths last year, a nine percent increase on 2021 numbers, according to the latest coroner’s report published on Monday.
It is the highest number of deaths the court has seen since it started recording suicide data in 2000.
More people took their lives in the later part of 2022, with about 65 deaths per month between August and December compared to 58 per month earlier in the year.
There was also a spike in people aged 65 and over dying by suicide, a 32 percent increase on the 2021 numbers.
“These numbers are very troubling,” State Coroner John Cain told ABC Radio Melbourne on Monday….