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Preventing suicide

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  • Corporate Authors:
    National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (U.S.)
  • Description:
    cdc:114485

    Updated: May 2023

    Suicide is a leading cause of death.

    Suicide is death caused by injuring oneself with the intent to die. A suicide attempt is when someone harms themselves with any intent to end their life, but they do not die as a result of their actions.

    Many factors can increase the risk for suicide or protect against it. Suicide is connected to other forms of injury and violence. For example, people who have experienced violence, including child abuse, bullying, or sexual violence have a higher suicide risk. Being connected to family and community support and having easy access to healthcare can decrease suicidal thoughts and behaviors.

    Suicide is a serious public health problem.

    NCIPC-Suicide-FactSheet-508_FINAL.pdf

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  • Genre:
    Fact Sheet
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    2 unnumbered pages
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    urn:sha256:cf9a3589cfcc477e30a24079f075c8e34dfb7b14beb2fbdd0584d0ca73f0f848
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