The Impact of Suicide on

our Society and Why We

Need to Talk About it
Suicide is a very sensitive topic to bring up because
majority of people have trauma from suicide or know
someone with trauma from suicide. There are a lot of
resources out there, but with the world changing so
quickly, our channels to help others needs to change too.

In 2020, the United States had 45,797

individuals die from suicide.
A little over half of death by suicides,
52.83 %, are from firearms

In the U.S. in 2020:

3.2 Million people had a plan to commit suicide
1.2 Million people attempted suicide

RISK FACTORS CULTURAL RISK FACTORS

Alcohol and/or drug abuse Prejudice and Discrimination

Past Attempts Family Rejection

Social Isolation Historical Trauma

Lack of Access to Help Traditional Family Pressures

Access to Lethal Means Unemployment / Divorce

GENDER STATISTICS IN UTAH

Suicide rate was Suicide rate was

32.7 8.9
Of men per 100,000 Of women per 100,000
population in 2020 population in 2020

LGBTQIA+ youth
comtemplate suicide
3X the rate
Of Heterosexual youth

Men typically have a higher Young women age 10-24 were

risk of dying from suicide, admitted into the Emergency
Room for suicide related visits
while women have a higher twice the amount of young men
attempt rate. age 10-24

RESOURCES AVAILABLE

Suicide and Crisis Professional Text 741741 Other platforms

Lifeline "988" Help "Home" and access to help

WHAT SHOULD WE DO HOW SHOULD WE DO IT

The easiest way to potentially
lower suicide numbers is by
prevention. People won't know how
to prevent it, if they aren't aware of
the basics like warning signs,
resources, etc. There is no way to
completely prevent suicide but
helping educate more widely, could
find resources for people who are
contemplating it.
Get communities together to learn about
basics and where to get the best
resources near them.
Create cheap and accessible behavior
health care with professionals equip to
help those with suicidal risk.
Basic suicide education in schools and
workplaces.

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