Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Every Day - DAY 25

Suicide is not someone else's problem. Fighting Stigma, creating awareness, and working towards more effective prevention is a job that belongs to all of us.

Every day, aproximately 123 Americans die by suicide.

When you see the current statistics, you will see the urgency. Suicide prevention is work that we must be doing, every day.

From SAVE.org:


From the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention:



More info - sources via Wikipedia:

The annual age-adjusted suicide rate is 13.42 per 100,000 individuals. Men die by suicide 3.53x more often than women. On average, there are 123 suicides per day. White males accounted for 7 of 10 suicides in 2016.