• Suicide takes the lives of nearly 30,000 Americans every year
  
• Many who attempt suicide never seek professional care
  
• For young people 15-24 years old, suicide is the third leading cause of death
• 80% of people that seek treatment for depression are treated successfully
• 15% of those who are clinically depressed die by suicide
  
• 50% to 75% of all suicides give some warning of their intentions to a friend or family member
  
• An average of one person dies by suicide every 16.2 minutes
  
• Between 1952 and 1995, suicide in young adults nearly tripled
  
• Suicide rates in the United States are highest in the spring
  
• Over half of all suicides are completed with a firearm
  
• For young people 15-24 years old, suicide is the third leading cause of death
  
• There are an estimated 8 to 25 attempted suicides to 1 completion
  
• 1 in 65,000 children ages 10 to 14 commit suicide each year
  
• Substance abuse is a risk factor for suicide (drugs, alcohol, smoking)
  
• The strongest risk factor for suicide is depression
  
• In 2004, 32,439 people died by suicide with an estimated 811,000 attempts in the US
  
• Suicide is the 11th leading cause of death in the U.S. (homicide (murder) is 15th)
  
• Suicide is the 3rd leading cause of death for 15- to 24-year-old Americans
  
• It is estimated that there are at least 4.5 million suicide survivors in this country
  
• There are four male suicides for every female suicide, while there are three female suicide attempts for each male attempt
  
• Research has shown medications and therapy to be effective suicide prevention
• Between 25 and 50 percent of people who kill themselves had previously attempted suicide
• Those who have made suicide attempts are at higher risk for actually taking their own lives