How can you tell if your friend is a risk to themselves.
Suicide statistics
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- Look for signs of withdraw
- Trust your gut to know when a friend isn't acting like themselves (and ask them about it)
- Overly daring or risk taking behavior
- Lack of interest towards the future
Suicide statistics
- The annual age-adjusted suicide rate is 13.26 per 100,000 individuals.
- Men die by suicide 3.5x more often than women.i
- On average, there are 121 suicides per day.
- White males accounted for 7 of 10 suicides in 2015.
- Firearms account for almost 50% of all suicides.
- The rate of suicide is highest in middle age — white men in particular.
- 40% of persons who complete suicide have made a previous attempt.
- Nine of out ten people who attempt suicide and survive, do not go on to complete suicide at a later date
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