According to the most recent national statistics complied for the American Association of Suicidology:
▸ In 1999 across the United States 29,199 individuals ended their life through suicide; that’s an average of 80 per day, or one person killing themselves every 18 minutes.
▸ Suicide ranks as the 11th overall cause of death among Americans; suicide is the 3rd leading cause of death among young people (age 15-24). Suicide comes in before homicide or murder which ranked 14th overall.
▸ It is estimated that there are 25 attempted suicides for each completed suicide. Annually more than 730,000 individuals try to
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