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There is 1 suicide every 16 minutes and 88 suicides per day.

For every U.S. suicide death there are 8-26 atttempts.

There are an estimated 1.4 million suicide attempts per year.

For every suicide death there are an estimated 6 new survivors.

Suicide deaths consistently out number homicide deaths by a marginn of three to two.

There are more suicides globally then deaths from wars and violence combined.

Approximately twice as many Americans die by suicides then from HIV/AIDS

Compared to the restt of the world U.S. has a moderately high suicide rate.

However, Eastern European countries currently have the highest rates of suicide in the world.

More than 90% of people who die by suicide have depression or another diagnosable mental or substance abuse disorder.