Education, Resources and Support - It’s Up to All of Us
Education, Resources and Support - It’s Up to All of Us
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OUR MISSION The Triangle Consortium for Suicide Prevention (TCSP) brings together a network of health services dedicated to the promotion of efforts related to education, awareness, prevention, and postvention of suicide in the community.
OUR PURPOSE
Over 34,000 people in the United States
die by suicide every year. It is the fourth leading cause of death
for adults between the ages of 18 and 65 years in the United States
and the 11th leading cause of death among all persons. Suicide is
the 3rd leading cause of death among young people, ages 15-24.
A person dies by suicide about every
15 minutes in the United States. Every day, approximately 90
Americans take their own life. There are four male suicides for
every female suicide, but three times as many females as males
attempt suicide.
There are an estimated 8-25
attempted suicides for every suicide death. The suicide rates
for men rise with age, most significantly after age 65. The rate
of suicide in men over 65 is seven times that of females who are
over 65.
Ninety percent of all people who die
by suicide have a diagnosable psychiatric disorder at the time
of their death. Over 60 percent of all people who die by suicide
suffer from major depression. If one includes alcoholics who are
depressed, this figure rises to over 75 percent. Firearms
account for 50 percent of all suicides.
Worldwide, there are approximately 1 million suicides every year. That represents more lives lost than in all wars and homicides worldwide every year. Another statistic finds suicide worldwide to be the 2nd major killer of women between the ages of fifteen and forty-four and the 4th major killer of men.
Suicide cuts across all ages, economic, social, and ethnic
boundaries.
The purpose of TCSP is to increase community awareness about suicide
and to provide resources, help organize and sponsor area events and
fund raisers and disseminate information related to suicide prevention
and postvention issues.
For further information contact Phil Morse at pmorse@nc.rr.com |
