YEREVAN. - People are ready to willingly give up their lives first of all because of economic problems. In total, 47 suicides have been registered as of the first six months in Armenia and this figure is almost 1.5 times higher than the ones for the same period in 2011.

Sociologists and psychologists point out the economic situation in the country as the main reason for suicides, Deutche Welle reports. People of different ages, occupations and social statuses easily say good bye to their lives. And still the main reason for suicide is the hard social and economic situation in the country.

This opinion is shared by the President of the Armenian Sociological Association Gevorg Poghosyan. In an interview to Deutche Welle, he stressed that every individual might have a specific reason for a suicide and, as a rule, the annual number of suicides in the world remains more or less the same. But if a sharp increase is recorded, it will be the indicative of changes in the social environment. It will be definitely hard not to agree that here the main reason is the economic crisis.

The unemployment rate in the country is about 40% and is one of the highest rates in the CIS. Migrants working abroad are not able to appropriately support their families in Armenia; the volume of remittances has decreased. More than 30% of Armen population lives below the poverty line today.

Meanwhile, the psychologist Kamo Vardanyan told Deutche Welle, that the level of suicides in Armenia is not considered critical. In his words, the number of suicides is increasing worldwide.