Two of them did it. If someone talks about suicide, listen, do something!
Its more serious than anyone thinks.
- Suicide is the 9th leading cause of death in the United States
- Suicide is the third leading cause of death for children 15-19 years old.
- 80% of suicide attempters communicate their intentions verbally prior to their attempt.
- 20% communicate the notion that they are at risk through their behavior.
- Depression is a common antecedent to suicide.
- Saturday and Monday have been common days for suicidal acts to occur.
- There is a low percentage (5%) of suicides attributed to mental illness.
- Nevada and Alaska are the top suicide states in the nation
- Suicide occurs most often in April and May or in late fall and early winter

 US population 280,000,000.
Leading causes of death 24,000,000 :
- Heart 7,000,000; 
- Cancer 5,500,000;
- Stroke 163,000;
- Low Respiratory 123,000
- Accidents 101,000;
- Diabetes 71,000;
- Pneumonia 62,000;
- Alzeimers 54,000;
- Kidneys 39,000;
- Infections/Bacteria 32,000;
Suicide 30,000;
- Liver 10,000;
- Homicide 7,000.
Suicides stats 30k:
whites 28k, male 25k, handguns 18k.
New Mexico/Montana/Nevada have the highest suicide rates per capita (2 out of every 10,000 people).
These statistics correlate to my last note (hope and gambling).