Statistics
· Suicide is the second leading cause of death among college students
· Suicide is the third leading cause of death for 15-to-24-year-olds.
· Suicide is the fourth leading cause of death for persons between the ages of 10 and 14
· Suicide is the sixth leading cause of death for 5-to-14-year-olds.
· Suicide is the eighth leading cause of death for all persons regardless of age, sex or race;
· Every hour and forty-five minutes another young person commits suicide.
· More than 13 of every 100,000 people aged 15 to 24 committed suicide in 1990. Experts estimate that each year nearly 5,000 teenagers commit suicide.
· Teen/youth suicide rates have tripled since 1970.
· Suicide among white males rose 50 percent between 1970 and 1978. The incidence for white females increased 12 percent. Recent studies show suicide among young blacks is also a major problem.
· The ratio of male to female suicides is four to one. However, young women attempt suicide four times more frequently.
· Suicide appears to trigger several other suicides within a group such as a school or community.
· It is estimated that 300 to 400 teen suicides occur per year in Los Angeles County alone; equivalent to one teenager lost every day.
· Between 26% and 33% of adolescent suicide victims have made a previous suicide attempt.
· For every suicide, they are 50 to 100 attempts at suicide.
· Having a firearm in the home greatly increases the risk of youth suicide. Sixty-four percent of suicide victims 10-24 years old use a firearm to complete the act.
· Biological relatives of a suicidal person are six times more likely to attempt or succeed in suicide than are adoptive relatives.
· Abuse and Mental Health Administration) shows that thirteen percent of people who commit suicide did so because they were abusing alcohol at the time.
· 60 percent said they had thought about killing themselves. About 9 percent said they had tried atleast once.
· 90 percent of suicidal teen-agers believed their families did not understand them
· The actual number of suicides is two to three times higher than statistics indicate.
· Suicide is the third leading cause of death for 15-to-24-year-olds.
· Suicide is the fourth leading cause of death for persons between the ages of 10 and 14
· Suicide is the sixth leading cause of death for 5-to-14-year-olds.
· Suicide is the eighth leading cause of death for all persons regardless of age, sex or race;
· Every hour and forty-five minutes another young person commits suicide.
· More than 13 of every 100,000 people aged 15 to 24 committed suicide in 1990. Experts estimate that each year nearly 5,000 teenagers commit suicide.
· Teen/youth suicide rates have tripled since 1970.
· Suicide among white males rose 50 percent between 1970 and 1978. The incidence for white females increased 12 percent. Recent studies show suicide among young blacks is also a major problem.
· The ratio of male to female suicides is four to one. However, young women attempt suicide four times more frequently.
· Suicide appears to trigger several other suicides within a group such as a school or community.
· It is estimated that 300 to 400 teen suicides occur per year in Los Angeles County alone; equivalent to one teenager lost every day.
· Between 26% and 33% of adolescent suicide victims have made a previous suicide attempt.
· For every suicide, they are 50 to 100 attempts at suicide.
· Having a firearm in the home greatly increases the risk of youth suicide. Sixty-four percent of suicide victims 10-24 years old use a firearm to complete the act.
· Biological relatives of a suicidal person are six times more likely to attempt or succeed in suicide than are adoptive relatives.
· Abuse and Mental Health Administration) shows that thirteen percent of people who commit suicide did so because they were abusing alcohol at the time.
· 60 percent said they had thought about killing themselves. About 9 percent said they had tried atleast once.
· 90 percent of suicidal teen-agers believed their families did not understand them
· The actual number of suicides is two to three times higher than statistics indicate.
