World's Longest Drivable Beach. In an age of armchair web searchers and global beach aficionados, it's hard for such a brazen civic claim to go unchallenged. Longest beach boosters in South America, New Zealand and Bangladesh point out its folly. The Long Beach beach, a state park, is 28 miles in length. The sand expanse is densely packed enough to support most vehicles, and in years past, has been promoted as the World's Longest Drivable Beach..
Current Average World Suicide Rate: 10.07 per 100,000 people. Facts about suicide. One million approximate number of suicides worldwide each year. Every 40 seconds somebody dies by suicide. 60 per cent increase in worldwide suicide rates in last 45 years. 20 numbers of failed suicide attempts for each successful one.
Health data compiled from more than 190 countries show heart disease remains the No. 1 global cause of death with 17.3 million deaths each year, according to âHeart Disease and Stroke Statistics â 2015 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association.â That number is expected to rise to more than 23.6 million by 2030, the report found.