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Currently there are slightly more than 30,000 suicides annually (83
suicides per day; or 1 suicide every 17 minutes), with 12 of every 100,000
Americans killing themselves.
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Suicide is the eighth leading cause of death.
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Males complete suicide at a rate four times that of females.
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Firearms are currently the most often utilized method of suicide by
essentially all groups (males, females, young, old, white, and non-white).
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Youth (ages 15-24) suicide rates increased more than 200% from the
1950s to the late 1970s. Since the late 1970s, suicide rates for youth have
remained stable or slightly decreased.
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Suicide ranks third as a cause of death among young (15-24)
Americans, behind accidents and homicide.
- White suicide rates
are approximately twice those of non-whites.
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