While there are efforts here in the U.S. to help erase the stigma and raise awareness about suicide, there are hardly any efforts that talk about the global impacts of suicide.

2. THE FACTS
• SUICIDE IS THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH GLOABLLY FOR 15-29 YEAR OLDS
• EVERY 40 SECONDS A PERSON KILLS HIM/HERSELF
• 800,00 PEOPLE DIE FROM SUICIDE EVERY YEAR

3. Who
What
WhenWhere
Why

4. WHO ARE THE PEOPLE KILLING
THEMSELVES?
• ANYONE AND EVERYONE AROUND THE GLOBE COULD COMMIT SUICIDE
• RATES ARE ESPECIALLY HIGH FOR THOSE AGED 15-29 AND FOR ELDERLY POPULATIONS
• IN CHINA – ELDERLY RATES OF SUICIDE ARE ESPECIALLY HIGH DUE TO THE CULTURAL EXPECTATIONS OF
CHILDREN CARING FOR THE ELDERLY, NOW THEY FEEL LIKE A BURDEN

5. WHAT ARE THE METHODS
THEY ARE USING?
THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO)
• CHOICE OF SUICIDE METHOD VARIES BETWEEN
COUNTRIES ACCORDING TO THE SOCIAL ACCEPTABILITY
OF THE METHOD AND ITS AVAILABILITY.
• VIOLENT AND LETHAL METHODS SUCH AS FIREARMS
AND HANGING ARE MORE FREQUENT AMONG MEN,
WHEREAS WOMEN OFTEN CHOOSE LESS LETHAL
METHODS SUCH AS POISONING OR DROWNING.
• WHILE WOMEN ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE SUICIDAL
THOUGHTS, MEN MAKE UP MOST OF THE SUICIDE
POPULATION
1. HANGING
2. PESTICIDES
3. OTHER POISONING
4. FIREARMS
5. FALLS
The top 5 methods:

8. WHAT THE TABLE GRAPHS TELL US:
• UNDEVELOPED COUNTRIES ARE MORE LIKELY TO
USE PESTICIDES/HANGING AS A SUICIDE METHOD
BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO
IN THOSE COUNTRIES.
• INTERESTING FACT: DUE TO THE ARCHITECTURE
AND TALL BUILDINGS, IN CHINA, FALLS ARE THE
MOST COMMON METHOD OF SUICIDE.
• IN MORE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, LIKE THE U.S.
AND EUROPE, FIREARMS ARE MORE COMMONLY
USED SINCE THEY ARE ACCESSIBLE IN THOSE
COUNTIRES.

9. SUICIDE FACTS ABOUT THE U.S.
• MOST COMMON METHOD: FIREARMS
LAIN OVERTON ASKS: WHAT MAKES GUNS THE MOST COMMON MODE OF SUICIDE IN THE UNITED STATES? AND IT PROVIDES A SIMPLE ANSWER: GUNS ARE
LETHAL AND GUNS ARE ACCESSIBLE.
• MOST COMMON REASON: MENTAL ILLNESS AND DEPRESSION
• SOCIAL CHANGES SUCH AS DIVORCE COULD BE LEADING TO THE INCREASED RATES OF SUICIDE
• TECHNOLOGY - CYBERBULLYING LEADS TO INCREASED SUICIDE RATES
http://www.gunbabygun.com/ending-gun-global-gun-suicide-statistics-examined/

10. WHEN ARE PEOPLE KILLING THEMSELVES?
• MENTAL ILLNESS
• DEPRESSION
• ALCOHOL
• POVERTY
• ECONOMIC HARDSHIP
• BULLYING/CYBER BULLYING – RESEARCH SHOWS THAT CYBERBULLYING WAS STRONGLY RELATED TO
SUICIDAL IDEATION WHEN COMPARED TO TRADITIONAL BULLYING (JAMA PEDIATRICS, 2014)
Factors of Suicide:

11. WHERE ARE PEOPLE KILLING THEMSELVES?
KOREA (PAIN, ECONOMIC HARDSHIP)
GUYANA (POVERTY, UNEMPLOYMENT)
LITHUANIA (SAME)
SRI LANKA (SAME)
HUNGARY (ALCOHOL)
KAZAKHSTAN
(BULLYING/CYBERBULLING)
JAPAN (SOCIETAL PRESSURE,
DEPRESSION)
LATVIA (ALCOHOL, MENTAL HEALTH)
BELARUS (ALCOHOL)
SLOVENIA (SHAME, ALCOHOL)
The top 10 Countries:

12. WHY DOES SUICIDE
MATTER?
SUICIDE IS…
• A GLOBAL CHALLENGE - POPULATION
• LINKED TO THE OTHER GLOBAL CHALLENGES OF ECONOMICS
AND INFORMATION
• ECONOMICS: COST – EMOTIONAL AND FINANCIAL (LOST
LIFE, THE EFFECTS ON THOSE AROUND THEM, MEDICAL AND
FUNERAL COSTS
• INFORMATION: THE WAY WE ACCESS AND USE
INFORMATION THAT WE PUT ONLINE – CYBERBULLYING
RATES INCREASING
• ONE OF THE FEW REASONS THAT PEOPLE DIE TNAT IS
PREVENTABLE
Suicide
Cost
Cyberbullying
Population
Economics
Information

13. ORGANIZATIONS AIDING IN THE FIGHT
• WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO)
• CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL (CDC)
• INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION (IASP)
• AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION (AFSP)
• LOCALLY: BREAK THE SILENCE, NAMI, PROJECT SAFE (A PARTNERSHIP
BETWEEN FACULTY/STAFF AND THE HEALTH CENTER @ FRESNO STATE)
• TYLER CLEMENTI FOUNDATION

14. WHAT CAN YOU DO?
• TAKE THE “QUESTION. PERSUADE. REFER.” (QPR) TRAINING AT FRESNO STATE (REGISTER ONLINE AT:
HTTP://WWW.FRESNOSTATE.EDU/STUDENTAFFAIRS/HEALTH/PSYCHOLOGICAL/SUICIDEPREVENTION/QP
R-TRAINING.HTML)
• BE AWARE. TALK ABOUT IT. HELP ERASE THE STIGMA.
• ASK THE QUESTION
• TAKE THE PLEDGE!

15. THE PLEDGE#Day1