A person dies by suicide every 11 minutes in the U.S. (CDC)

Over 40,000 people in the U.S. die by suicide each year.

Suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death for 10-34 year olds. (CDC)

1 out of 5 high school students will consider suicide.

1 out of 12 college students has a suicide plan.

More children and young adults die from suicide every year than from cancer, heart disease, AIDS, birth defects, stroke and chronic lung disease combined.

Nearly 1,000,000 people make a suicide attempt every year.

For every youth suicide 100-200 make an attempt.

Males are four times more likely to die from suicide than females.

Females attempt suicide 3x more than males.

Suicide rates have increased 30% in all states and is a large and growing health problem.

Each day in our nation there are an average of over 5,400 suicide attempts by young people grades 7-12.

More people die from suicide than from homicide.

1 out of 4 people diagnosed with bi-polar disorder will attempts suicide.

90% of those who die by suicide have a diagnosable psychiatric disorder at the time of their death.

Veterans comprise 22.2% of suicides.

Attempts are 2 – 6x more frequent among youth who identify as gay, lesbian, or bisexual, than among heterosexual youth.

8% of high school students reported having attempted suicide one or more times in the last year.