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Over 34,000 people in the U.S. die by suicide every year.

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Currently, suicide is the 11th leading cause of death in the U.S.

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Every day, approximately 95 Americans take their own life.

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A person dies by suicide about every 15 minutes in the U.S.

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In the U.S. in 2007 (the latest year for which rates are available), the suicide rate.

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There are four male suicides for every female suicide, but three female attempts suicide.

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Firearms are the most frequent method of suicide among adults in the U.S.

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Over 90 percent of people who die by suicide had at least one psychiatric illness.

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Alcoholism is a factor in about 30 percent of all suicide deaths.

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Early recognition and treatment of depression and other psychiatric illnesses.

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Certain personality disorders, such as borderline and antisocial personality.

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• Over 4,000 people aged 15–24 die by suicide each year in the United States.

 Youth suicide rates vary widely among different racial and ethnic groups.

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Twenty percent of American high school students report having seriously depressing thoughts.

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Seventy percent of youth who make a suicide attempt are frequent users of drugs.

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Over 90 percent of youth who die by suicide had at least one psychiatric illness.

Worldwide there are more deaths due to suicide than to accidents, homicides

and war combined.