Suicide

Suicide is a tragic event with strong emotional repurcussions for its survivors and for familiest of its victims. The Center for Disease Control's statistics reveal that more than 35,000 people committed suicide in the U.S. in 2008. While the bulk of federally-funded suicide prevention programs focus on helping teenagers, recent years have seen a spike in rates among middle-aged people. Men seem to be especially at risk, and have nearly 4 times the suicide rate as women. There are also major disparities amongst ethnic and racial groups, with American Indian and Alaskan Natives being the highest risk groups.



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