Facts About Suicide

1. Nearly 30,000 Americans commit suicide every year.
2. In the U.S., suicide rates are highest during the spring.
3. Suicide is the third leading cause of death for 15- to 24-year-olds and second for 24- to 35-year-olds.
4. On average, one person commits suicide every 16.2 minutes.
5. Each suicide intimately affects at least six other people.
6. About two-thirds of people who complete suicide are depressed at the time of their deaths. Depression that is untreated, undiagnosed, or ineffectively treated is the number one cause of suicide.
7. There is one suicide for every 25 attempted suicides.
8. Males make up 79 percent of all suicides, while women are more prone to having suicidal thoughts.
9. 1 in 65,000 children ages 10 to 14 commit suicide each year.
10. There are twice as many deaths due to suicide than HIV/AIDS.
11. More than half of all suicides are completed with a firearm.