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National
Suicide Statistics
[2001]
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Source:
USA Suicide: 2001 Official Final Data
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Number
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Per
Day Rate
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Rate
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Deaths
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National:
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30,622
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83.9
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10.8
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1.3
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Males
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24,672
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67.6
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17.6
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2.1
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Females
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5,950
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16.3
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4.1
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0.5
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Whites
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27,710
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75.9
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11.9
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1.3
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Nonwhites
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2,912
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8.0
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5.6
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0.9
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Blacks
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1,957
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5.4
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5.3
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0.7
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Elderly
(65+)
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5,393
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14.8
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15.3
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0.3
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Young
(15-24)
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3,971
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10.9
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9.9
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12.3
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15
Leading Causes of Death USA [2001]
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Source:
U.S.A.
Suicide: 2001 Official Final Data
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1
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Diseases
of the heart
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700,142
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2
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Malignant
neoplasm’s (heart disease)
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553,768
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3
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Cerebrovascular
diseases (stroke)
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163,538
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4
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Chronic
lower respiratory diseases
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123,013
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5
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Accidents
(unintentional injuries)
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101,537
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6
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Diabetes
mellitus
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71,372
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7
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Influenza
& Pneumonia
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62,034
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8
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Alzheimer's
disease
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53,852
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9
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Nephritis,
nephrosis [kidney disease]
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39,480
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10
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Septicemia
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32,238
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11
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SUICIDE
[Intentional Self-Harm]
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30,622
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12
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Chronic
liver diseases & cirrhosis
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27,035
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13
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Homicide
[assault]
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20,035
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14
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Essential
hypertension & renal disease
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19,250
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15
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Pneumonitis
due to solids & liquids
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17,301
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--All
other causes (Residential)
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400,935
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TOTAL
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2,416,425
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Interesting
Facts |
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Probably
twice the number of reported suicides are
misclassified as accidents or are unreported.
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Whites
complete suicide approximately twice as often as
blacks.
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The
greatest increase in the suicide rate has been among
white males.
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Depression
is often the main clinical symptom that precedes
suicide.
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There
is no strong correlation between mental illness and
suicide.
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Suicidal
thoughts are experienced by about 15 percent of the
general population.
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About
30 percent showed signs of depression during the three
months before death.
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Eighty
percent (80%) of those who killed themselves left
definite warning signs.
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Average
of 1 person every 17.2 minutes completes suicide.
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Average
of 1 old person every 1 hour 30.1 minutes.
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Average
of 1 young person (15-24) every 2 hours 7.1 minutes,
including below 15 (324), 1 young person every 1 hour
57.9 minutes.
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4.1
male completions for each female.
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Ranks
11th cause of death.
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More
Americans kill themselves than are killed by others.
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It
is estimated that there are:
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25
suicide attempts for every completion in the
nation
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764,000
annual suicide attempts in Us
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suicide
attempt : completion ratios equal 100-200:1 for
the young, and 4:1 for elderly
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5
million living Americans
have attempted to kill themselves
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3
female attempts for each male attempt
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Each
suicide intimately affects at least 6 other people.
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The
number of survivors grows 186,000 each year.
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If
there is a suicide every 17 minutes,
then
there are 6 new survivors as well.
Teenage Suicides
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Suicide is the third leading cause of death among
teenagers.
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Boys complete suicide five times more often than
girls.
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Females attempt suicide more often than males.
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Teenage suicide rate has tripled over the past two
decades while the rest of the population remained the same. The
rates went from 4.1 per 100,000 in the 1950's to 12.5 per
100,000 in 1980 and 14.0 per 100,000 in 2001.
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Sixty-five hundred American teenagers complete
suicide every year.
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Nine out of ten suicide attempts take place in the
home just before parents come home from work.
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Cluster suicides have increased.
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About half of the suicide victims had been in
trouble with the law or at school.
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Almost half of the suicide victims were known to
abuse alcohol or other drugs.
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Percentage of high school students who:
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Ohio
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U.S.
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Seriously considered attempting suicide:
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20.0% |
19.0%
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Attempted suicide:
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3.3% |
8.8%
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Source: Youth Risk Behavior Survey - 1999-2001
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Causes
of Death among those 15-24 years of age [2000]
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Causes
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Number
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Rate
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All Causes
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32,252
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80.7
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1-Accidents
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14,411
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36.1
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2-Homicide
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5,297
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13.3
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3-SUICIDE
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3,971
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9.9
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Source:
USA Suicide: 2001 Official Final Data
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