Suicide: The only top 10 in U.S. deaths that’s increasing yearly

Date: September 28, 2016   By: Fe Anam Avis

The numbers are staggering.

In 2014 — the latest year for which we have accurate figures — there were 42,773 reported suicides in the United States. Currently, there are approximately 120 suicides a day and a substantial number of these are military veterans.

Suicide is the only top 10 cause of death in the United States that is increasing each year, and we know that a substantial number of other deaths, including opiate overdoses and motor vehicle accidents, are also suicides.

For every suicide, there are 25 suicide attempts. Almost 500,000 people a year visit an emergency room to seek care after a suicide attempt. And those numbers don’t tell the whole picture — we know that most suicide attempts are unreported.

http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health-fitness/article104336361.html

Thanks to Keli Rugenstein

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• antezguides.com says:

  September 25, 2017 at 2:11 am

  Suicide is the only top 10 cause of death in the United States that is increasing each year, and we know that a substantial number of other deaths, including opiate overdoses and motor vehicle accidents, are also suicides.