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Suicide is the
10th
leading cause of death in Florida
(2006).
the 11th in the United States
(2005),
the
13th worldwide,
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FLORIDA
Statistics
(Source: Florida Vital Statistics Annual Reports)
[click here to select a statistical year report]
(2007 statistics to be available November 2008)
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Suicide Deaths |
Resident Death Rate Per 100,000 |
Average Resident
Rate Per 100,000 |
State
Rank
(Highest No.) |
| 2006 |
2,410 (6.6/day) |
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13.1 |
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| 2005 |
2,308 (6.3/day) |
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12.8 |
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| 2004 |
2,382 (6.5/day) |
13.70 |
|
15 |
| 2003 |
2,294 (6.3/day) |
13.40 |
12.7 |
15 |
| 2002 |
2,332 (6.4/day) |
13.90 |
13.2 |
15 |
| 2001 |
2,290 (6.3/day) |
14.00 |
14.10 |
13 |
| 2000 |
2,136 (5.9/day) |
13.36 |
13.69 |
11 |
| 1999 |
2,086 (5.7/day) |
13.43 |
14.68 |
14 |
| 1998 |
2,156 (5.9/day) |
13.31 |
15.05 |
13 |
| 1995 |
2,139 (5.9/day) |
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14.8 |
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2006:
In FLORIDA:
 | 10th leading cause of death for Floridians |
| 3rd leading cause of death for youth 15-24 |
| 2nd leading cause of death for 25-34 |
| 5th leading cause of death for 35-44 |
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Resident Deaths by Age Group, Florida,
2006 |
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Total |
<1 |
1-4 |
5-9 |
10-14 |
15-19 |
20-24 |
25-34 |
35-44 |
45-54 |
55-64 |
65-74 |
75-84 |
85+ |
| Suicide |
2,410 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
69 |
131 |
293 |
422 |
538 |
401 |
232 |
227 |
92 |
| HIV |
1,746 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
7 |
21 |
175 |
574 |
596 |
265 |
83 |
19 |
2 |
| Homicide |
1,211 |
17 |
23 |
13 |
15 |
132 |
211 |
280 |
188 |
178 |
83 |
32 |
25 |
11 |
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Source: Florida Vital Statistics
Annual Report 2006
[click here] |
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Resident Deaths by Age Group, Florida,
2005 |
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Total |
<1 |
1-4 |
5-9 |
10-14 |
15-19 |
20-24 |
25-34 |
35-44 |
45-54 |
55-64 |
65-74 |
75-84 |
85+ |
| Suicide |
2,308 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
19 |
82 |
124 |
293 |
430 |
520 |
339 |
199 |
196 |
105 |
| HIV |
1,706 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
16 |
197 |
576 |
634 |
209 |
47 |
22 |
2 |
| Homicide |
998 |
16 |
12 |
9 |
18 |
99 |
166 |
253 |
185 |
128 |
47 |
32 |
18 |
4 |
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Source: Florida Vital Statistics Annual
Report 2005
[click here] |
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Resident Deaths by Age Group, Florida,
2004 |
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Total |
<1 |
1-4 |
5-9 |
10-14 |
15-19 |
20-24 |
25-34 |
35-44 |
45-54 |
55-64 |
65-74 |
75-84 |
85+ |
| Suicide |
2,382 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
72 |
135 |
283 |
471 |
548 |
339 |
198 |
220 |
98 |
| HIV |
1,714 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
26 |
189 |
636 |
535 |
227 |
74 |
17 |
1 |
| Homicide |
1,030 |
23 |
17 |
9 |
15 |
77 |
158 |
248 |
190 |
164 |
60 |
29 |
25 |
8 |
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Source: Florida Vital Statistics Annual Report 2004
[click here] |
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Resident Deaths by Age Group, Florida,
2003 |
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Total |
<1 |
1-4 |
5-9 |
10-14 |
15-19 |
20-24 |
25-34 |
35-44 |
45-54 |
55-64 |
65-74 |
75-84 |
85+ |
| Suicide |
2,294 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
58 |
137 |
303 |
479 |
482 |
323 |
214 |
216 |
96 |
| HIV |
1,742 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
21 |
216 |
647 |
544 |
215 |
73 |
16 |
4 |
| Homicide |
1,004 |
19 |
17 |
6 |
9 |
88 |
165 |
245 |
190 |
139 |
71 |
25 |
26 |
2 |
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Source: Florida Vital Statistics Annual
Report 2003 |
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Resident Deaths by Age Group, Florida,
2002 |
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Total |
<1 |
1-4 |
5-9 |
10-14 |
15-19 |
20-24 |
25-34 |
35-44 |
45-54 |
55-64 |
65-74 |
75-84 |
85+ |
| Suicide |
2,332 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
75 |
119 |
277 |
481 |
523 |
300 |
225 |
229 |
90 |
| HIV |
1,714 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
19 |
241 |
652 |
512 |
185 |
76 |
14 |
4 |
| Homicide |
1,004 |
21 |
18 |
6 |
9 |
91 |
179 |
224 |
206 |
124 |
66 |
33 |
19 |
6 |
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Source:
Florida Vital Statistics Annual
Report
2002 |
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Resident Deaths by Age Group, Florida,
2001 |
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Total |
<1 |
1-4 |
5-9 |
10-14 |
15-19 |
20-24 |
25-34 |
35-44 |
45-54 |
55-64 |
65-74 |
75-84 |
85+ |
| Suicide |
2,290 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
17 |
70 |
121 |
318 |
440 |
480 |
279 |
235 |
224 |
105 |
| HIV |
1,658 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
28 |
237 |
693 |
429 |
186 |
59 |
12 |
1 |
| Homicide |
964 |
16 |
25 |
5 |
5 |
70 |
147 |
217 |
203 |
124 |
63 |
44 |
32 |
7 |
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Source: Florida Vital Statistics Annual
Report 2001 |
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Florida 1998-2006 Vital Statistics - Deaths
[click here] for full reports
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Florida
Age-Adjusted Suicide Death Rates 2001 to 2003 (Number of Deaths,
Number of Total Population & Age-Adjusted Death Rate)
[click here]
Age-Adjusted Death Rates (AADR) for Suicide, Florida (for years up to
2006);
By County - Deaths per 100,000: (FL Department of Health full
reports)
[http://www.floridacharts.com/charts/report.aspx?domain=04&IndNumber=0116]
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NATIONAL SUICIDE STATISTICS
(2006 statistics to be available December 2008) |
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15 Leading Causes of Death
USA [2005] |
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Source:
[click here] |
| 1 |
Diseases of the heart (heart disease) |
220.0222.2 |
652,091 |
| 2 |
Malignant neoplasm’s
(cancer) |
188.7 |
559,312 |
| 3 |
Cerebrovascular diseases
(stroke) |
48.4 |
143,579 |
| 4 |
Chronic lower respiratory diseases |
44.2 |
130,933 |
| 5 |
Accidents
(unintentional injuries) |
39.7 |
117,809 |
| 6 |
Diabetes mellitus
(diabetes) |
25.3 |
75,119 |
| 7 |
Alzheimer's disease |
24.2 |
71,599 |
| 8 |
Influenza & Pneumonia |
21.3 |
63,001 |
| 9 |
Nephritis, nephrosis [kidney
disease] |
14.8 |
43,901 |
| 10 |
Septicemia |
11.5 |
34,136 |
| 11 |
SUICIDE
[Intentional Self-Harm] |
11.0 |
32,637 |
| 12 |
Chronic liver diseases & cirrhosis |
9.3 |
27,503 |
| 13 |
Essential hypertension & renal disease |
8.4 |
24,902 |
| 14 |
Parkinson's disease |
6.6 |
19,544 |
| 15 |
Homicide [assault] |
6.1 |
18,124 |
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--All other causes (Residual) |
146.4 |
433,800 |
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TOTAL |
825.9 |
2,448,017 |
National Center on Child Fatality Review:
www.ican-ncfr.org
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
(CDC):
www.cdc.gov/ncipc
CDC Create National & State Maps 1996-1999:
www.cdc.gov/ncipc/maps
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The Suicide Prevention Resource Center
has posted updated data fact sheets to their website.
The fact sheets describe statistics on deaths by
suicide, estimated hospitalized attempts, and data on medical costs,
work loss costs, gender, race/ethnicity, age and method.
Go to
http://www.sprc.org/stateinformation/datasheets.asp
to view the updated documents for
national and state data.
(posted 9/8/06) |
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Probably twice the number of reported suicides are
misclassified as accidents or are
unreported.
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Whites complete suicide approximately twice as often as blacks.
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The greatest increase in the suicide rate has been among white
males.
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Depression is often the main clinical symptom that precedes
suicide.
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There is no strong correlation between mental illness and
suicide.
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Suicidal thoughts are experienced by about 15 percent of the
general population.
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About 30 percent showed signs of depression during the three
months before death.
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Eighty percent (80%) of those who killed themselves left
definite warning signs.
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Average of 1 person every 17.2 minutes completes suicide.
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Average of 1 old person every 1 hour 30.1 minutes.
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Average of 1 young person (15-24) every 2 hours 7.1 minutes,
including
below 15 (324), 1 young person every 1 hour 57.9 minutes.
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4.1 male completions for each female.
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Ranks 11th cause of death. More Americans kill
themselves than
are killed by others.
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Estimated attempts:
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25 for every completion in the nation.
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764,000 annual attempts in US
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100-200:1 young, and 4:1 for elderly
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5 million living Americans have attempted to kill themselves.
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3 female attempts for each male attempt.
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Suicide affects: (based on 31,000 suicides)
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Each suicide intimately affects at least 6 other people.
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The number of survivors grows 186,000 each year.
If there is a suicide
every 17 minutes,
than there are 6 new survivors as well. |
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Teenage Suicides |
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Suicide is the third leading cause of death among teenagers.
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Boys complete suicide five times more often than girls.
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Females attempt suicide more often than males.
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Teenage suicide rate has tripled over the past two decades
(from 4.1 per 100,000 in the 1950’s to 12.5 per 100,000 in 1980).
The
rest of the population remains the same.
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Sixty-five hundred American teenagers complete suicide every
year.
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Nine out of ten suicide attempts take place in the home
(just before parents come home from work).
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Cluster suicides have increased.
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About half of the suicide victims had been in trouble with
the law or at school.
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Almost half of the suicide victims were known to abuse
alcohol or other drugs.
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Percentage of high school students who:
[2005] |
Florida |
U.S. |
| Felt sad
or hopeless: |
27.3% |
28.5% |
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Seriously considered attempting suicide: |
14.5% |
16.9% |
| Made a
suicide plan: |
11.6% |
13.0% |
| Attempted
suicide: |
8.5% |
8.4% |
| Suicide
attempt required medical attention: |
2.7% |
2.3% |
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( Source: Youth Risk Behavior
Surveillance Survey 2005
[click
here for full report]) |
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Percentage of high school students who:
[2003] |
Florida |
U.S. |
| Felt sad
or hopeless: |
30.1% |
28.6% |
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Seriously considered attempting suicide: |
15.8% |
16.9% |
| Made a
suicide plan: |
12.6% |
16.5% |
| Attempted
suicide: |
9.9% |
8.5% |
| Suicide
attempt required medical attention: |
3.4% |
2.9% |
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( Source: Youth Risk Behavior
Surveillance Survey 2003
[click
here for full report]) |
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Percentage of high school students who: [2001] |
Florida |
U.S. |
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Seriously considered attempting suicide: |
15.4% |
19.0% |
| Attempted
suicide: |
8.4% |
8.8% |
| Suicide
attempt required medical attention: |
3.1% |
2.6% |
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Source: Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey
2001
[click
here for full report]) |
| Causes of Death among those 15-24 years of age
[2000] |
| Causes |
Number |
Rate |
| All Causes |
32,252 |
80.7 |
| 1- Accidents |
14,411 |
36.1 |
| 2-Homicide |
5,297 |
13.3 |
| 3-SUICIDE |
3,971 |
9.9 |
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(Source:
U.S.A. Suicide: 2001 Official Final Data) |
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Suicide attempts and other acts of self harm that result
in nonfatal injuries take a heavy toll on the health of younger persons. In
2002, an estimated 124,409 visits to U.S. emergency departments were made
after attempted suicides or other self-harm incidents among persons aged
10--24 years. (MMWR-CDC June 11, 2004/Vol. 53/ No. 22)
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5322a1.htm
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The Campaign for MENTAL HEALTH REFORM
A Public Health Crisis:
Children and Adolescents with Mental Disorders:
Kids Fact Sheet May 2005
[click here]
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WORLD Information and Statistics
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World Health
Organization (WHO)
[WHO
Suicide]
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