Students sit for the Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) exams in Hong Kong, April 24, 2020. EPA-Yonhap
Youth suicide cases confirmed by Hong Kong Coroner's Court reached a decade-high last year, despite a 10 percent overall decline across the population to 1,019.
According to the annual coroners' report published last month, suicide cases confirmed by the court declined across almost all age groups, except for those aged between 10 and 19.
Last year, 46 adolescents aged 10 to 19 were reported to have taken their own lives, up from 34 cases in the previous year and reaching a decade high. Most of these deaths involved falls from height.
There was also one girl aged below 10 who took her own life.
