The10th leading cause of death in the US is suicide

Each year 42,773 Americans die by suicide.

For every suicide there are 25 attempt

113 suicides each day or one every 13 minutes.

"An estimated 9.3 million adults (3.9% of the adult U.S. population) reported having suicidal thoughts in the past year."

"The percentage of adults having serious thoughts about suicide was highest among adults aged 18 to 25 (7.4%), followed by adults aged 26 to 49 (4.0%), then by adults aged 50 or older (2.7%)."

"An estimated 2.7 million people (1.1% ) made a plan about how they would attempt suicide in the past year."

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"Suicide: Facts at a Glance." PsycEXTRA Dataset (n.d.): n. pag. Web

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