Connect (formerly Frameworks) : Facts & Statistics
Connect Suicide Prevention Project
Suicide Facts
- More teenagers and young adults die from suicide than from cancer, heart disease, AIDS, birth defects, stroke, pneumonia, and influenza, and chronic lung disease, COMBINED.
- According to the CDC, 90% of all people who die by suicide have either a mental illness or substance abuse disorder.
- Suicide is the third leading cause of death for teens and young adults in the US (second in New Hampshire).
- Males die by suicide at a rate 4x higher than females.
- Females attempt suicide 3x more than males.
For the YSPA 2007 Annual Report on Suicide Across the Lifespan Click Here
Youth Suicide Behavior in NH
2007 Youth Risk Behavior Survey of NH High School Students reports indicate:
- 24.6% of High School youth surveyed felt so sad and hopeless for two or more weeks in the past year that they stopped doing their usual activities
- 13.7% of High School youth surveyed seriously considered a suicide attempt in the past year
- 9.2% of High School youth surveyed reported having made a suicide plan in the past year and
- 5.5% of High School youth surveyed reported having attempted suicide in the past year
NH Suicide Facts
A two page comprehensive and informative summary of NH suicide data from 1999-2005 developed by the Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC)