The act of voluntarily taking an individual’s life is the simple description of suicide. For an individual to reach this critical level, it has been discovered that the psychological part of the human composition plays a significant role. This paper focuses on suicide specifically in Switzerland.

An interesting comparison in the comparison of the rates of the act in Switzerland and its neighbors such as France shows minimal disparity. Therefore, we may first make a broad statement that the rate is not a factor that makes Switzerland stand out from the rest of its neighbors. In the past three-year period, the rate of among male could roughly be estimated to be higher than that of the female population. The mentioned conclusion could be arrived at by doing an approximate estimate and judging from press reports. In better words, a Swiss male adult is more likely to commit suicide than a Swiss female citizen.

Categorizing the suicide rates according to the region with respect to gender, the Swiss canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden gave the highest instances, especially with the male population. The Canton of Schaffhausen overtime has had a lower case of suicide reported, but it is important to note that suicide cases in this region have been higher among the female population than the male population. Ticino, an Italian-speaking region has had the least reports, but despite this, the rates were higher than neighboring Italy.

It is interesting to know how Suicide acts are committed. Therefore, the following is a mention of the modes used to end life in the suicidal case. The leading method of suicide in Switzerland is by shooting. It is followed by hanging, poison ingestion, jumping from heights and onto oncoming trains. Assisted suicide is also a case that cannot be left out. Switzerland put forward legislation to control this. Assisted suicide can only be put as a last resort in the case of a terminally ill individual.