Suicide In North America

The rate of suicide, the act or an instance of taking one's own life voluntarily and intentionally, increases each year. “More adolescents die each year from suicide than from cancer, heart disease, AIDS, birth defects, stroke, pneumonia, influenza, and chronic lung disease, combined” (Preventing Teen Suicide, 2016, p.2). These facts show suicide is a serious problem among teens. Last year, teen suicide became the second leading cause of death in the United States confirming the significant increase in teen suicides.

Lives are slowly being lost due to suicide and not only is it affecting themselves but also the people who are around them. Suicide is defined as taking of one’s own life and it is an issue that should be given all attention to. Teen suicide has been talked about in every source of media and it still continues to have a harmful effect in todays generation. In the United States the eighth leading cause of death is suicide, within developing teens, suicide is the third leading cause of their deaths (NAMI). There are many signs of someone who is contemplating suicide. And there are many reason for someone to be driven to the point of suicide. Those reasons being if the teenager is dealing with depression, bullying, sexual abuse and abuse

A clear disparity in suicide exists among males and females. The CDC (2015), reports males four times more likely to commit suicide and represents 77% of all suicides. Females tend to develop suicidal thoughts and use passive methods of suicide such as overdoes or poisoning (CDC, 2015). To contrast, males will likely use a lethal method of suicide such and a gun shot to the head or hit by train (CDC, 2015).

The suicide levels in America have now reached crisis levels. If suicide were a disease, it would be discussed on social media, the news and around the water cooler. People would be in a panic wondering how to counteract the “disease” and escape the clutches of it within their own personal lives. Doctors would appear on talk shows and the news educating the public on what they can do to prevent “suicide” from affecting their own lives. It would be labeled the epidemic taking out even the strongest among us in our modern generation. However, suicide isn’t a disease per say. It can be a symptom of a disease, such as depression. However, it in and of itself is only the embodiment and end-result of the despair and hopelessness that many people in America live with on a daily basis. Perhaps, if it was treated like a contagious, preventable disease, and not something to be ashamed of, less Americans would be meeting their end via suicide and instead seek the help they need to get better.

Unassisted suicide comes from an individual who is likely suffering from depression. It is largely swayed by resentment, unhappiness, and misperception. Suicide is often linked with gender, marital status, age, and socioeconomic factors (Daily Outlook, 2013). Having the thought of suicide can be scary, and many people think about suicide. People tend to have strong feelings about certain things that are hard for them to deal with. Thinking about suicide does not actually mean that someone will do it, it can often be an indication that they would like to escape (Daily Outlook, 2013).

The term suicide is not easily defined in that it many factors play a role on what is considered an act of suicide. An informal definition can be that it is the deliberate and voluntary act of taking ones own life. Even with the simplest definition, it still can present

“Suicide, the deliberate taking of one’s own life.” Suicide does not only affect the individual itself, it especially affects those who survive their death, such as the individual’s parents, friends, peers and surrounding communities. When Carol Todd, mother of Amanda Todd who was a suicide victim, said “I have lost one child, but know she wanted her story to save 1,000 more,” she struck attention to the biggest issue in youth communities. The thought of a young individual passing away as a result of overwhelming hopelessness is devastating to everyone in a society. Society plays a huge role in suicide. Although most adolescents commit suicide due to depression, if their depression was not hereditary, most likely it would be caused by the society around them. Canadian statistics show that, “20% of kids cyberbullied think about suicide, and 1 in 10 attempt it,” and “approximately 4500 adolescents commit suicide each year.” Suicide is important in sociology because sociologist, Emile Durkheim studied it. He viewed that suicide is treated differently throughout various cultures and religions. He also discovered that suicide is less common in women than men. There are many aspects that tie into suicide, and as a society, everyone should give more attention to this sensitive topic as it may benefit themselves or their peers.

Suicide is an act that is most controlled by social regulation and degree of integration around individual. According to Emile Duncan they are four types of suicide: egoistic, altruistic, anomic and fatalistic. Egoistic suicide is suicide is performed by individuals who feel alone and they have no one to communicate with, due to poor societal integration. Altruistic suicide is due to individuals sacrificing their own lives for the good of others, this usually occurs during political wars or community strikes. Anomic suicide is due to lack of control in a person’s life. This group of people usually have no elderly person to guide and monitor them. Fatalistic suicide is common in teenagers, this type of suicide results from too much control, teenagers often find their guardians to be too controlling, this becomes stressful to them as they would want to experiment freedom without boundaries. A person’s surroundings can influential towards ending their own life.

Suicide is an important public health problem worldwide. Suicide is the second accidental death as the leading cause of mortality in young men across the world (Pitman, Krysinska, Osborn, & King,

Suicide is a serious public health problem that causes immeasurable pain, suffering, and loss to individuals, families, and communities nationwide. Suicide rates around the world vary because of different available methods and economic reasons. There are also multiple ways suicide is being observed to find ways to resolve the increasing rates.

Suicide is a serious issue although not uncommon. Suicide can be thought of or actually done because of different problems such as money issues, depression, or feeling alone like there is no way out. Suicide is often thought as an easy solution, people see it as the end. Although that’s even if they succeed at it, they don’t stop and think what if they fail and how they can permanently injure themselves. Some people think that others claim they might do it to receive attention, which is probably true but only very few times. Either way it is not worth risking. According to the centers for disease control and prevention suicide is the eleventh cause of death among Americans overall, it is the third-leading cause of death among young people in the U.S.

Suicide is defined as an act of terminating one’s own life. It is an act where a person decides to end their life and it is an effect of a major cause that has affected a person in such a way that they don’t feel the need to continue living.

Suicide is a serious social problem in the US. But what is suicide? According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, suicide is defined as “the act or an instance of taking one’s own life voluntarily and intentionally”. However, these are only words that do not express the real situation behind suicide nor how dramatic and horrifying are the previous moments of committing suicide. The statistics of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention indicates that 122 people commit suicide in the US every day. The most prone to suicide are white men between 45 and 64 years of age. Also, there is an average of 25 attempts per every suicide case.

More people die from suicide every year than from other causes of death . The numbers are estimated to be around 41,000(“Self-Harm”). It is one of the leading cause of deaths in the United States. Suicide is a big problem in schools, workplaces and also in home. People don't think of suicide as a serious topic because many think that it will just go away or that it is not their problem or that they don't have to deal with it. Suicide can be prevented if treated in time. All community members and families in addition to law enforcement must address the issue of self-harm.

Suicide has been the cause of pain and suffering for an extensive amount of time. The first question that usually occurs is “what is suicide?” Suicide is the act of one taking their own life. This form of death can be enacted in many ways, but nevertheless, holds the same effect. The main contributors to death by suicide are depression, anxiety, and substance abuse. The victim may be exerted to the edge either by people, experiences, or forces that surround them. These forces are the pressures or hardships in which one may have gone through over time. Another reason people may choose to end their life is the result of what they have endured as a young child growing up. The pain and suffering from all components will enumerate over the years and after some time there is a breaking point. Suicide is not a sickness that can be spread from person to person. Suicide occurs from the forces that surround an individual that push them to do the unthinkable.