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Common Causes of Death in the United States
- 1. make Most Common Causes of Death in the United States
- 2. Rank Causes Deaths Per Year 1 Heart disease 598, 607 2 Cancer 568, 668 3 Chronic respiratory diseases 137, 082 4 Stroke 128, 608 5 Accidents 117, 176 6 Alzheimer’s 78, 889 7 Diabetes 68, 504 8 Pneumonia and influenza 53, 582 9 Kidney disease 48, 714 10 Suicide 36, 547 Source: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Health Statistics Report (2011)
- 3. Around 25 million other people throughout the world – 600, 000 in the United States- make unsuccessful attempts to kill themselves; such attempts are called parasuicide.
- 4. Suicides per 100, 000 Population
- 6. Suicide rates seem to vary according to race .
- 7. 36.30% 34.70% 8% 6.50% 5.60% 5.50% Percentage of Inmate Suicides 2-14 days 1 month or more 0-3 hours 4-6 hours 15-30 days 7-18 hours
- 8. Approximately 107 of every 100, 000 inmates in U.S. jails commit suicide each year, many times the national rate. Like those who have serious illness, these people may have felt that they could endure no more suffering and believed that there was no hope for improvement in their condition.
- 9. January 2013
- 10. Global suicide rates among adolescents in the 15-19 age group, according to the latest World Health Organization (WHO) Mortality Database, were examined. Data for this age group were available from 90 countries (in some cases areas) out of the 130 WHO member states. The mean suicide rate for this age group, based on data available for the latest year, was 7.4/100,000. Suicide rates were higher in males (10.5) than in females (4.1).
- 11. Results from the 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Mental Health Findings U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
- 12. IS SUICIDE LINKED TO AGE?
- 13. Currently, 1 of every 100, 000 children in the U.S kills himself or herself each year, compared to 7.3 of every 100, 000 teenagers, 14.3 of every 100, 000 young adults, 16.8 of every 100, 000 middle-aged adults, and 16.3 of every 100, 000 persons over age 75.
- 14. CHILDRE N
- 15. More than 6% of all deaths among children between the ages 10-14 years are caused by suicide
- 16. ADOLESCENTS
- 17. CAUSES: great stress depression low self-esteem and feeling of hopelessness but many who try to kill themselves also appear to struggle with anger and impulsiveness or to have a serious alcohol or drug problems.
- 18. ELDERLY
- 19. As people grow older, all too often they become ill, lose close friends and relatives, lose control over their lives, and lose status in our society.
- 20. Elderly persons are typically more determined than younger persons in their decision to die and give fewer warning, so their success rate is much higher .