Suicide attempt Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == Epidemiology == {{Globalize|section|date=August 2021}} In the [[United States]], the [[National Institute of Mental Health]] reports there are 11 nonfatal suicide attempts for every suicide death.<ref>Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS): https://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/wisqars</ref> The [[American Association of Suicidology]] reports higher numbers, stating that there are 25 suicide attempts for every suicide completion.<ref>USA suicide 2006 Official final data: JL McIntosh for the American Association of Suicidology 2009. Many figures there taken from Reducing suicide: a national imperative, Goldsmith SK, Pellmar TC, Kleinman AM, Bunney WE, editors.</ref> The ratio of suicide attempts to suicide death is about 25:1 in youths, compared to about 4:1 in elderly.<ref>{{cite web|title=Suicide Statistics β AFSP|url=https://afsp.org/about-suicide/suicide-statistics/|website=American Foundation for Suicide Prevention|access-date=3 September 2016|archive-date=2 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160902201450/https://afsp.org/about-suicide/suicide-statistics/}}</ref> A 2008 review found that nonfatal self-injury is more common in women,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Nock |first1=M. K. |last2=Borges |first2=G. |last3=Bromet |first3=E. J. |last4=Cha |first4=C. B. |last5=Kessler |first5=R. C. |last6=Lee |first6=S. |title=Suicide and Suicidal Behavior |journal=Epidemiologic Reviews |date=14 May 2008 |volume=30 |issue=1 |pages=133β154 |doi=10.1093/epirev/mxn002|pmid=18653727 |pmc=2576496 }}</ref> and a separate study from 2008/2009 found suicidal thoughts higher among females, as well as significant differences between genders for suicide planning and suicide attempts.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Crosby |first1=AE |last2=Han |first2=B |last3=Ortega |first3=LA |last4=Parks |first4=SE |last5=Gfroerer |first5=J |last6=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |first6=(CDC). |title=Suicidal thoughts and behaviors among adults aged β₯18 years--United States, 2008-2009. |journal= MMWR. Surveillance Summaries |date=21 October 2011 |volume=60 |issue=13 |pages=1β22 |pmid=22012169}}</ref> Suicide attempts are more common among adolescents in developing countries than developed ones. A 12-month prevalence of suicide attempt in developing countries between 2003 and 2015 was reported as 17%.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Uddin|first1=R |last2=Burton |first2=NW |last3=Maple |first3=M |last4=Khan |first4=SR |last5=Khan |first5=A |date=2019 |title=Suicidal ideation, suicide planning, and suicide attempts among adolescents in 59 low-income and middle-income countries: a population-based study |journal=The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health |volume=3 |issue=4 |pages=223β233 |doi=10.1016/S2352-4642(18)30403-6 |pmid=30878117|hdl=10072/387579 |s2cid=81982117 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page