The And Target : Reduce Suicide Rates

Suicide is the tenth leading cause of death. At least 44,193 people by suicide every year. The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention has given more than $4 million in grants toward research for suicide prevention. It has reached more

In 1980 nearly 27,000 people took their own lives, making suicide the 10th most common cause of death. 57 percent of the cases of suicide in the United States involved firearms. In 2015 Suicide had been marked the second leading cause of death from ages 10-24. Suicide has been a major health problem in the United States since 1980. The suicides in The United States recently increased because of California and New York. “Suicide is the second leading cause of death for college-age youth and ages 12-18”

Healthy People 2020 set a goal of reducing the number of completed suicides among the adult population by ten percent. This is a reoccurring theme from Healthy People 2010, where the goal was to reduce the number of suicides from 10.5 to 4.8 per 100,000. Unfortunately, from 2003 to 2013, rate of death from suicide has steadily increased to the current rate of 13.0 per 100,000 deaths (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013). The goal of Healthy People 2020 is to improve the health of our Nation over the next ten years, from a baseline set of data (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2014). Though suicide is not an illness, it typically is an untreated or undermanaged mental illness that results in a person resorting to

Death by acute actions can lessen in Montana if there is more awareness and prevention. With the help of communities coming together suicide education can be expanded to not only across Montana, but across the nation. Positive advertisements about depression and

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Medical care in America is estimated to cost $2.7 trillion each year with roughly 30 percent of that cost attributed to ineffective or redundant care, approximately $800 billion (America's Health Insurance Plans, 2014; FOX, 2010). Within this section $44.6 billion is attributed to suicide treatment and medical cost (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015). The CDD further estimates that with approximately 40,000 people dying of suicide annually suicide contributes to the 10th leading cause of death for Americans, narrowly being outstrode by kidney disease and influenza yet still achieving a higher overall medical cost than the ninth and eighth ranked causes of death (Keren, Zaoutis, Saddlemire, Luan, & Coffin, 2006;Webberley, 2015).

Every suicide effects more than the individual’s life, in truth it impacts families, communities and economic well-being of our nation. According, Piscopo, Lipari, Cooney, and Glasheen, (2016) “Suicide is an important public health problem in the United States and a tragedy for all involved—families, friends, neighbors, colleagues, and communities. In 2014, suicide was the 10th leading cause of death in the United States overall.1 Among people aged 10 to 34, suicide was the second highest cause of death, and for those aged 35 to 54, it was the fourth highest cause of death” (p. 2).

According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “suicide was the tenth leading cause of death in the United States in 2013, with 41,149 suicides. Those deaths resulted in an

Suicide is the tenth leading cause of death in the US, and third in the world. Approximately 105 people commit suicide in the united states everyday that is one every thirteen minutes. For every one commit twentyfive people attempt that is two every minute. Men are four times more likely to commit suicide than women, but women are three times as likely to attempt suicide than men. In the us alone seventy nine of those who commit suicide are men. Out of all the fifty states montana is ranked number one for most suicides (Suicide Statistics (2016)).

According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, it’s the 10th leading cause in the U.S. and 44,193 suicides occur each year. Wyoming, Montana, and Alaska are the top 3 states for suicide. I live in Alabama. We are ranked 24th. Men die by suicide 3.5x more often than women. White males accounted for 7 of 10 suicides in 2015. Firearms account for almost 50% of all suicides. The rate of suicide is highest in middle age, white men in particular (2017).

The rate in suicide is problematic the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) collects data about mortality in the U.S., including deaths by suicide.(American Foundation For Suicide Prevention) In 2012, 40,600 suicides were reported, making suicide the10th leading cause of death for Americans. The suicide rate shows the number of suicide deaths that occur for every 100,000 people in the population for which the rate is reported. In 2012, the highest suicide rate (19.88) was among people 45 to 59 years old. The second highest rate (17) occurred in those 75 years

The suicide rate is centered on the number of persons dying by suicide per 100,000 people. Based on the fact that changes in the size of population are accounted for yearly, rates give room for comparisons from one year to another. The suicide rate has increased by twenty-four percent for the last 15 years (Feldman, 2016). Therefore, there has been an increase to 13.0 from 10.5 per ten thousand people who commit suicide (Feldman, 2016). Population size is an essential tool for understanding the proportion of persons who are affected by various demographic groups. The following figure shows the rates of suicide within age and sex categories in the US.

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.

The author, Vitelli, starts off the article by stating a fact from the Center For Disease Control statistics, saying that suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in America, with around 44 thousand people that kill themselves every year. But, only one in 25 suicides are actually fatal. Also, there is no way to tell is deaths caused by accidents or natural occurrences are actually suicides. Even though more people are attempting to commit suicide recently, new research and advances in the medical field are helping to figure out why so that this new movement can be stopped.

Suicide is a major public health problem in the United States. As of 2015, suicide is the 10th leading cause of death among all U.S. citizens (CDC, 2017). It is the 2nd leading cause among the age groups 15-24 and 25-34 and the 3rd leading cause among children 10-14, surpassing cancer (CDC, 2017). Self-directed violence is distinguished in 3 ways: suicide is death induced by self-directed violence with the intent to die; suicide attempt is non-fatal, self-directed violence with intent to die and may or may not cause injury; suicidal ideation is considering, planning or thinking of engaging in self-directed violence with the outcome of death (CDC, 2016). Accurate terminology is important because literature interpretation is often questionable and having consistent terms will allow researchers to better evaluate the data and prevention initiatives. The motives and understanding of self-directed violence can be difficult, but education and prevention can be simplified. Community education on recognizing suicide warning signs and risk factors can result in a reduction of self harm in high-risk populations.