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1. Introduction. The eternal evil of the individual tragedies: formulating the problem

2. General trends in the world

3. Correlation and regression analysis

4. Analysis of homicide rates across country clusters

5. Analysis of suicide rates across clusters

6. The issue of “happiness” in BRICS countries

7. The features of the problem under discussion in transitional economies and in Russia and its regions

8. Discussion of results. Why has the world community not set the goal of reducing homicide and suicide rates

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