Suicide

Suicide amongst young people has increased greatly in

the past 25 years in the US( young men and women 15-24)

Women and suicide has increased the least with 250

percent, men has soared to over 300 percent. The US is now

ranked the highest in the world for suicide.

Until recently suicide amongst the young men and

women accounted for less than 5 percent of suicide. It has

increased with the increase in population of youth. Young

men 15-24 now account for more than 20 percent of the male

suicides. Young women are responsible for 14 percent of

women suicides. So approximately 7,000 women commit

suicide a year and males are up to 20,000 suicides, yearly.

Even though youth suicides get the most attention,

people believe suicide amongst the older people does not

happen. But, reality check, it does. A considerable amount

of suicides are done by older people seeking to end a life of

pain. people aged 50 and older make up almost 39 percent

of the yearly suicide count. Even though people aged 50 and

over only account for 26 percent of the US population.

White males are the highest to date. They account for

10 percent of the population, but manage to account for

almost 28 percent of the yearly deaths by suicide. For some

strange reason, white males are higher on the suicide charts

than any other race and sex. They are more open to this,

even though they don't make up much of the population.

Suicide and age are always in the same sentence, but

does it really matter how old you are? If you want to die, I

think at any age you are willing to. You will do what you

want, when you want, where and why you want. There is

no stopping you, unless you get help. This is one thing

many do not seek nor do they want it or think they need it.

The word manipulative is nowhere used more

pejoratively than with regard to suicide. More important, it

is used incorrectly to imply that a suicide is not serious. It

should be kept in mind that fatal suicide attempts are often

made by people who are hoping to influence or manipulate

the feelings of other people even though they will not be

around to witness the success or failure of the efforts.

Everyone has the choice of what they are going to do.

Everyone can make their own decisions and need no

influences from others. But more times than less, suicides

are