The statistics are rather dismaying not only in themselves but because the society has already made serious efforts at suicide prevention, including the provision of a twenty-four-hour hot line.

• 这个数字令人惊愕，不仅仅因为这么多人自杀，而且这是发生在社会已作出各种努力防止青少年自杀，包括开通24小时的热线电话后。