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Suicide Facts
          
          SAVE uses the most current data available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.    In 2014, there were 42,773 deaths by suicide in the United States. Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death; homicide ranks 17th.  It is the second leading cause of death for 15 - 24 year olds.  Click on the chart to the right which shows the Ten Leading Causes of Death in the U.S. in 2014.  For more data, you may visit  www.cdc.gov or www.who.int.  For more comprehensive data, visit the CDC website's Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS)
          
           
          
          General Statistics
          
          Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the US for all ages. (CDC)
          The suicide rates decreased from 1990-2000 from 12.5 suicides per 100,000 to 10.4 per 100,000.  Over the past decade, however, the rate has again increased to 12.1 per 100,000. Every day, approximately 105 Americans die by suicide. (CDC)
          There is one death by suicide in the US every 12.3 minutes. (CDC)
          Depression affects 20-25% of Americans ages 18+ in a given year. (CDC)
          Suicide takes the lives of over 38,000 Americans every year. (CDC)
          Only half of all Americans experiencing an episode of major depression receive treatment. (NAMI)
          80% -90% of adolescents that seek treatment for depression are treated successfully using therapy and/or medication. (TADS study)
          An estimated quarter million people each year become suicide survivors (AAS).
          There is one suicide for every estimated 25 suicide attempts. (CDC)
          
          Suicide among males is 4x’s higher than among females. Male deaths represent 79% of all US suicides. (CDC)
          Firearms are the most commonly used method of suicide among males (51%). (CDC)
          Access to firearms is associated with a significantly increased risk of suicide. (NAMI)
          Females are more likely than males to have had suicidal thoughts. (CDC)
          Females experience depression at roughly 2x’s the rate of men.(SMH)
          Females attempt suicide 3x’s as often as males. (CDC)

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Dear whomever this may apply to in school districts (or whatever) ,
          
               I think you should be concerned about how hard you are working the children in your schools. You expect them to get everything done. Do you know how much work they give us on the daily? If you give us too much work, we get overwhelmed. I am actually a victim, so to say, of getting overwhelmed on how much work you provide us. I think that quiet people like me that are having to speak in front of people or doing something that we are not comfortable with, hurts us. In the seventh grade I was depressed about a lot of things and was having suicidal thoughts. To this day I still have them. One of the multiple reasons I was depressed is because of having too much work and deadlines and if I was going to pass or fail if I didn’t do this or that. Another reason is when the teacher(s) would say, “When everyone is done with (insert poster or any other type of work), you’ll have to present it to the class.” I had many anxiety attacks in the seventh grade because of that, so I didn’t come to school on those days. It was harmful to me, and other people around me. When I was feeling sad or hurt, I would have fits of anger towards my family and friends at different parts of the day. That was how I coped with my sadness. I became a rage monster, in a way. What I’m trying to say is, if you give us too much work, provide us with tasks that we are not good at, or make us speak in front of the class or other people, we will get thoughts that we should not have in our minds because one thing will lead to another and the next thing you know, we’re not here anymore. You should get your teachers to be aware on students behavior, such as you’re happy one day, sad the next or you’re sad all the time. Teachers should be able to know the signs of depression.