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Topic:
Suicide: Leading Cause of
International Death
 Most
popular press articles suggest a link
between the winter holidays and suicides.
However, this claim is just a myth. In
fact, suicide rates in the United States
are lowest in the winter and highest in
the spring.
Suicide took the lives of 30,622 people
in 2001.
Suicide rates are generally higher than
the national average in the western
states and lower in the eastern and
midwestern states.
In 2002, 132,353 individuals were
hospitalized following suicide attempts;
116,639 were treated in emergency
departments and released.
In 2001, 55% of suicides were committed
with a firearm.
(source:
the Center of Disease Control)
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