Suicide is the 13th leading cause of death worldwide,

the 11th in the United States,

the 9th in Florida.

The COST of SUICIDE and ATTEMPTS, 1995-98:
document in pdf

Complete Report on Florida Deaths 1992 & 2002
http://www.doh.state.fl.us/planning_eval/vital_statistics/02Vitals/deaths.pdf

Official Final Data on Rates, Number and Ranking of each State for 2001:
2001 State Rankings in pdf

Age-Adjusted Death Rates (AADR) for Suicide, Florida 2002;
By County - Deaths per 100,000:
http://www.floridacharts.com/charts/report.aspx?domain=04&IndNumber=0116

Resident Deaths from Suicide: Florida - For 1998, 1999 & 2000 By County:      www.doh.state.fl.us/planning_eval/phstats/phirpt/death/suici-res.htm

These statistics are used for the Legislators for the Day at the Capitol, March 26, 2003
Suicides, Homicides & HIV deaths for Florida and each County for 2001

• National Center on Child Fatality Review - www.ican-ncfr.org

• Center for Disease Control - www.cdc.gov/ncipc

• CDC Maps 1996-1998 - www.cdc.gov/ncipc/maps

• Probably twice the number of reported suicides are misclassified as accidents or are unreported.
• Whites complete  suicide approximately twice as often as blacks.
• The greatest increase in the suicide rate has been among white males.
• Depression is often the main clinical symptom that precedes suicide.
• There is no strong correlation between mental illness and suicide.
• Suicidal thoughts are experienced by about 15 percent of the general population.
• About 30 percent showed signs of depression during the three months before death.
• Eighty percent (80%) of those who killed themselves left definite warning signs.
• Average of 1 person every 17.2 minutes completes suicide.
• Average of 1 old person every 1 hour 30.1 minutes.
• Average of 1 young person (15-24) every 2 hours 7.1 minutes, including below 15 (324), 1 young person every 1 hour 57.9 minutes.
• 4.1 male completions for each female.
• Ranks 11th cause of death.  More Americans kill themselves than are killed by others.

• 25 for every completion in the nation.
• 764,000 annual attempts in US
• 100-200:1 young, and 4:1 for elderly
• 5 million living Americans have attempted to kill themselves.
• 3 female attempts for each male attempt.
• Suicide affects:  (based on 31,000 suicides)
• Each suicide intimately affects at least 6 other people.
• The number of survivors grows 186,000 each year. If there is a suicide every 17 minutes, than there are 6 new survivors as well.

Teenage Suicides

• Suicide is the third leading cause of death among teenagers.
• Boys complete suicide five times more often than girls.
• Females attempt suicide more often than males.
• Teenage suicide rate has tripled over the past two decades (from 4.1 per 100,000 in the 1950’s to 12.5 per 100,000 in 1980).
• The rest of the population remains the same.
• Sixty-five hundred American teenagers complete suicide every year.
• Nine out of ten suicide attempts take place in the home (just before parents come home from work).
• Cluster suicides have increased.
• About half of the suicide victims had been in trouble with the law or at school.
• Almost half of the suicide victims were known to abuse alcohol or other drugs.