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Bogotá elderly suicides increase 70% from last year; suicide rate dropping in capital overall

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Suicide rates amongst Bogotá’s elderly population have risen 72% in the first half of this year compared with the same period in 2024, according to data released in June by the National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences (INMLCF). 

Grace Goldstone: Grace Goldstone is a writer from the United Kingdom currently based in Medellin, Colombia. Grace holds an MA in Politics from the University of Edinburgh, and previously interned in the UK's House of Commons.
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