Editors
Dmitri N. Shalin
Document Type
Report
Publication Date
2006
Publication Title
The Social Health of Nevada: Leading Indicators and Quality of Life in the Silver State
Publisher
UNLV: Center for Democratic Culture Publications
First page number:
1
Last page number:
20
Abstract
Suicide has been around for as long as human society and it continues to challenge our collective wisdom. Consider this data provided by the National Institute of Medicine:
- Each year about one million people commit suicide worldwide.
- Every year some 30,000 Americans end their lives by suicide, and approximately 650,000 people receive emergency treatment after attempting suicide.
- Every 41 seconds someone in the U.S. attempts suicide; every 16.7 minutes, someone completes suicide; and every day over 85 people die by suicide.
- Suicide is the eighth leading cause of death in the U.S. and the third leading cause of death among American youths.
- Over the last 100 years, suicide in the U.S. has out-numbered homicide by at least 3 to 2.
- Almost 4 times as many Americans died by suicide during the Vietnam War era as died in the course of military action.
Keywords
Suicide--Prevention; Suicide--Psychological aspects; Suicide--Statistics
Disciplines
Immune System Diseases | Medicine and Health | Sociology | Virus Diseases
Language
English
Repository Citation
Wray, M.
(2006).
Suicide Trends and Prevention in Nevada. In Dmitri N. Shalin,
The Social Health of Nevada: Leading Indicators and Quality of Life in the Silver State
1-20.
Available at:
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/social_health_nevada_reports/3
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