Title: The Link Between the Economy and Suicide Rates
Headings: The Link Between the State of the Economy and Suicide Rates
The Link Between the State of the Economy and Suicide Rates
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Content: Suicide is a serious personal and community health issue. According to the CDC, almost 35,000 people, or 11.5 out of every 100,000, committed suicide in 2007. It's the 11 th most common cause of death. People who commit suicide are most likely to use firearms, followed by suffocation and poisoning. What's even more alarming, says the CDC, is that more people survive suicide attempts than die from them. Multiple factors usually precipitate suicide attempts; however, having a mental health condition or a history of suicidal behavior are strong risk factors. Major stressful life events, such as losing your job or your home, can also be risk factors. At the 2011 annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, psychiatrists reviewed Japan's suicide rate during its severe economic downturn in the late 1990s. They hypothesized that if increased U.S. suicide rates due to the current economy approximated those in Japan, annual suicide deaths would increase by approximately 14,600.