SUICIDE STATISTICS
NATIONAL PREVENTION LIFELINE NUMBER 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
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WORLD WIDE AROUND 800,000 PEOPLE ARE LOST TO SUICIDE EACH YEAR THIS IS ROUGHLY, ONE DEATH EVERY 40 SECONDS HERE IN THE U.S.A. EACH YEAR OVER 47,500 AMERICANS ARE LOST TO SUICIDE EACH DAY ON AVERAGE THERE ARE 130 SUCCESSFUL SUICIDES. THERE IS ONE DEATH BY SUICIDE EVERY 11 MINUTES EACH YEAR THERE ARE OVER ONE MILLION SUICIDE ATTEMPTS IT IS ESTIMATED THAT FOR EVERY 1 SUICIDE DEATH THERE ARE 25 SUICIDE ATTEMPTS EXCEPT WITH THE ELDERLY, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THERE IS 1 SUCCESSFUL SUICIDE FOR EVERY 4 SUICIDE ATTEMPTS MORE THAN 90% OF PEOPLE WHO ATTEMPT SUICIDE AND SURVIVE NEVER GO ON TO DIE BY SUICIDE SUICIDE IS PREVENTABLE! HOPEFULLY, GALLERY OF HOPE CAN HELP REDUCE THESE STATISTICS. EVEN IF IT'S JUST BY ONE - YOU These statistics came from cdc.gov, save.org, and afsp.org |
THE ABOVE CHART SHOWS THAT IN 2019, 12 MILLION ADULTS REPORTED HAVING SERIOUS THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE. OUT OF THE 12 MILLION THINKING ABOUT SUICIDE, 3.5 MILLION MADE A PLAN ON HOW TO KILL THEMSELVES. OUT OF THE SAME 12 MILLION THINKING ABOUT SUICIDE, 1.4 MILLION ACTED ON THEIR THOUGHTS. OUT OF THE 1.4 MILLION ADULTS WHO ATTEMPTED SUICIDE, 1.2 MILLION MADE PLANS, COMPARED TO 217,000 WHO DID NOT. IT'S NORMAL TO HAVE THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE ESPECIALLY DURING STRESSFUL/PAINFUL TIMES. YOU ARE NOT ALONE! THIS CHART SHOWS THAT YOU CAN HAVE THE STRENGTH & WILL TO NOT ACT ON YOUR THOUGHTS AND TO GET HELP WHEN NEEDED. https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/suicide.shtml |