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Suicide Fast Facts
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- Suicide is the 8th leading cause of death in the United States, claiming about 30,000 lives a year.
- Ninety percent of persons who commit suicide have depression or another diagnosable mental or substance abuse disorder.
- Every day, 14 young people between the ages of 15 and 24 commit suicide; that's approximately 1 every 100 minutes.
- Suicide attempts are among the leading causes of hospital admissions in persons under 35.
- Men are more than four times as likely as women to commit suicide. However, women attempt suicide about twice as often as men do.
- The highest suicide rates in the U.S. are found in white men over the age of 85.
- Suicide can be prevented.
For more information, contact:
SAMHSA's National Mental Health Information Center
800-789-2647
mentalhealth.samhsa.gov
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Resources
- American Association of Suicidology
4201 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 408
Washington, DC 20008
202-237-2280
www.suicidology.org
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
120 Wall Street, 22nd Floor
New York, NY 10005
212-363-3500 or 888-333-2377
www.afsp.org
- American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
3615 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20016-3007
202-966-7300 or 800-333-7636
www.aacap.org
- American Psychiatric Association
1000 Wilson Blvd., Suite 1825
Arlington, VA 22209-3901
703-907-7300
www.psych.org
- National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
Colonial Place Three
2107 Wilson Blvd., Suite 300
Arlington, VA 22201-3042
703-524-7600
www.nami.org
- National Mental Health Association
2001 N. Beauregard Street - 12th Floor
Alexandria, VA 22311
703-684-7722 or 800-969-6642
www.nmha.org
These are suggested resources.
It is not meant to be a complete list.
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