Statistics help us summarize the impact of suicide. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) discusses the statistics from the latest report from Vital Signs that almost every state (except Nevada) experienced an increase in suicide rates from 1999-2016.
Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death and is one of just three leading causes that are on the rise in the United States.
Vital Signs reported
Nearly 45,000 lives lost to suicide in 2016
Suicide rates went up more than 30% in half of states since 1999
More than half of people who died by suicide did not have a known mental health condition
Let’s educate ourselves and be prepared with resources. The National Institute of Mental Health provides numerous resources. Suicide prevention information is located here: NIMH Suicide Prevention
A partial listing of other resources in the US:
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
- The Lifeline – a text lifeline: https://twitter.com/800273TALK?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
- The Suicide Prevention Resource Center: https://www.sprc.org/
- The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention: https://afsp.org/find-support/resources/
- The Veterans Crisis Line: https://www.veteranscrisisline.net/
- The Trevor Project: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/#sm.001gxwb1o2nxfec113b28uxs2uunf
- The Hope Line: https://www.thehopeline.com/
- SAVE – Suicide Awareness Voices of Education: https://save.org/ ** The Reasons Why Toolkit is available here: www.13reasonswhytoolkit.org
The impact of suicide is felt deeply. Let’s all take part and do our part in spreading the word with prevention and awareness resources
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