• Over 33,000 people in the United States die by suicide every year

• A person dies by suicide about every 16 minutes in the United States.

• Every 2 hours and 12 minutes a young adult kills him or herself.

• While approximately 80 Americans take their own lives every day, 1,500 more attempt to do so.

• The ratio of homicides to suicides in the US is 2:3.

• About 90% of all people who die by suicide have a diagnosable and treatable mental health condition.

• There are four male suicides for every female suicide and yet twice as many females as males attempt suicide.

• Currently, suicide is the 11th leading cause of death in the United States.

• In Vermont, suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death for youth aged 11-23.

• Rate of suicide deaths per 100,000 nationally: 11.  Rate of suicide deaths per 100,000 in Vermont: 13.

• Firearms remain the most commonly used suicide method among youth in Vermont accounting for 55% of all suicides.

• In the past year 22% of Vermont middle school students struggled with severe depression.

• In the past year 8.5% of high school students attempted suicide.

• It is estimated that there are more than 1,000 suicides on college campuses per year.

• One in 12 college students has made a suicide plan.

• Each suicide death intimately and profoundly affects at least six people.

• Years of potential life lost to suicide deaths each year: 972,264.

• Internationally about one million people die by suicide each year, more than war and homicide combined.

From the American Association of Suicidology and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention