Norway plans to establish a permanent national registry of suicides
Norway plans to establish a permanent national suicide registry to effectively prevent suicides and analyze the causes of such cases.
According to Minister of Health and Social Affairs Jan Christian Vestre, the government aims to base preventive measures on the highest-quality systematic knowledge, as the country’s suicide rate remains high.
The new registry will operate based on a monitoring system for psychiatric care and substance abuse treatment, which has been maintained since 2019 by the National Center for Suicide Research and Prevention at the University of Oslo. Since the current exemption from medical confidentiality rules for collecting data on deceased patients and the services they received is valid only until December 31, 2027, the government proposes to establish this activity on a permanent basis in the form of a quality registry within the cause-of-death registry.
This is stated in a corresponding announcement by the Norwegian government.
In Japan, the number of people rushed to hospitals after self-harm or a suicide attempt rose in 2025 for the seventh consecutive year—to 43,631. On average, 120 people were taken to hospitals daily following such incidents, compared to 116 in 2024.
On September 10, Prince William will present an initiative to prevent suicide in the sports community at Everton Football Club’s stadium in the United Kingdom.
