suicide rates

i got a sobering email from scott runzo (our country leader here in latvia) this morning. this email had rankings for the top ten suicide rates per country and four out of the top five countries were all in eastern europe. more proof that this area of the world is in desperate need of a Savior! please keep our team in your prayers as we minister in this area of the world.

Highest Suicide Rates in the World
Rank Country Suicides per 100,000 inhabitants per year
1 Lithuania 42.0
2 Russia 37.4
3 Belarus 35.0
4 Latvia 34.3
5 Estonia 33.2
6 Hungaryk 32.1
7 Slovenia 30.9
8 Ukraine 29.4
9 Kazakhstan 28.7
10 Finland 24.3

Source: BBC