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FAST FACTS > Facts on Suicide & Suicide Prevention
Suicide is the eighth leading cause of death for all persons regardless of age, sex or race; the third leading cause of death for young people aged 15 to 24; and the fourth leading cause of death for persons between the ages of 10 and 14.*

American Academy of Pediatrics.
Some Things You Should Know About Preventing Teen Suicide. 2003.
www.aap.org/advocacy/childhealthmonth/prevteensuicide.htm

American Association of Suicidology.
Support Groups.
www.suicidology.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=55

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
Teen Suicide Prevention Campaign.
www.afsp.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.viewPage
&page_id=E7817931-91BD-74C0-0B098E6C6D17EC87

More Info

American Association of Suicidology.
Guideline for School Based Suicide Prevention Programs. 1999.
www.suicidology.org/associations/1045/files/School%20guidelines.pdf

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General.
Depression and Suicide in Children and Adolescents. 1999.
www.mentalhealth.org/features/surgeongeneralreport/chapter3/sec5.asp

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
National Strategy for Suicide Prevention Suicide: Cost to the Nation.
www.mentalhealth.org/suicideprevention/costtonation.asp

*Fact Box Reference

The Psychological Impact of Violence in Underserved Communities. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. Vol. 6, No. 4, 1995, pp. 403-409.