Youth Suicide Prevention Education Program

FACTS & INFO

Worried about a friend or loved one?

Suicide Risk Questionnaire

Over 30,000 people in the United States kill themselves every year.

Accounting for 1.3% of all deaths, suicide is the eighth leading cause of death in the U.S.

A person dies by suicide about every eighteen minutes in the U.S. An attempt is made an estimated once a minute.

There are more than four male suicides for every female suicide. However, at least twice as many females as males attempt suicide.

Every day, approximately eighty-six Americans take their own life, and 1500 attempt. There are an estimated eight to twenty-five attempted suicides to one completion.

Facts About Suicide

Studies indicate that the best way to prevent suicide is through the early recognition and treatment of depression and other psychiatric illnesses.

Suicide and the Seasons

Frequently asked questions

Coping with the loss of a loved one?

DID YOU KNOW?

75% of people who commit suicide tell someone about it in advance.

Between 20 and 40 percent of people who kill themselves have previously attempted suicide. Those who have made serious suicide attempts are at a much higher risk for actually taking their lives.

Although most depressed people are not suicidal, most suicidal people are depressed. Serious depression can be manifested in obvious sadness, but often it's expressed as a loss of pleasure or withdrawal from activities that had once been enjoyable.

What do do if you suspect a loved one may be contemplating suicide