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Join Date: Aug 2006
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Young Senior Elder Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 11,298
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11. According to the Wold Health Organization, suicide is the second-leading cause of death woldwide among females ages 15 to 44, and the fourth-leading cause of death among males ages 15 to 44, after traffic accidents, TB, and violence.
12. Every day approximately 80 Americans take their own lives, and 1,500 more attempt to do so. A person dies by suicide every 18 minutes in the U.S. An attempt is estimated to be made once every minute.
13. There are more than four mail suicides for every female suicide, but twice as many females as males attempt suicide.
14. Firearms are the most frequent method of suicide among adults in the US.
15.Women most often overdose on pills to end their lives.
16. About two-thirds of the people who take their own lives suffer from maor depression or bipolar disorder. Almost everyone else has depression, alcohol or substance abuse, or a delusional illness like schizophrenia.
17. Alcoholism is a factor in about 30 percent of all suicide deaths.
18. Between 20 to 50 percent of people who kill themselves had previously attempted suicide. Although the majority of people who die by suicides have not made a previous attempt, a serious suicide attempt is a clear risk factor for suicide death.
19. In the year 2005 alone, at least 6,256 veterans committed suicide. According to a Veterans Affairs study published in October 2007 in the "American Journal of Public Health," Veterans took their lives at a rate of nearly 90 per 100,000 between 1999 and 2004.
20. Suicidal individuals often talk about suicide directly or indirectly using statements like, "My family would be better off without me." Sometimes they talk as if they are saying goodbye or going away, and may arrange to put their affairs in order. Other signs of contemplating suicide include giving away articles they value, paying off debt or changing a will.
this list of twenty was taken from an online counseling center saying feel free to use these as handouts.
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