Did You Know …?

A survey conducted in 2004 by American College Health Association found that nearly half of all college students feel so depressed at some point that they have trouble functioning, while 10 percent of surveyed students have seriously considered attempting suicide at least once.

Suicide is the 11th leading cause of death in the United States, but the second among college students.

Every 17 minutes, another life is lost to suicide.

Every day 86 Americans take their own lives and over 1,500 attempt suicide.

An estimated five million living Americans have attempted to kill themselves.

For every committed suicide, there are 25 attempted.

Women are three times more likely to attempt suicide than men, but men are four times more likely to complete suicide then women.

Most youths complete suicide in their homes between the hours of 3 p.m. and midnight.

Firearms are the most common method used for completing suicide, while drug overdose and self poisoning are most common methods in suicide attempts.

— compiled by Polina Aksementova