“Suicide has surged to the highest levels in nearly 30 years” according to Sabrina Tavernise. Suicide is the act or an instance of taking one’s own life voluntarily and intentionally. Suicide is the 11th leading cause of death in the United States. More than 34,000 people die from suicide each year. More than 34,000 people have attempted suicide each year. We can only imagine what this does to family and friends of a suicide attempter and especially a death caused by suicide. Suicide is like the dresden after a bombing.
Suicide in the United States
Suicide cost the United States $44 Billion dollars annually. On average, there are 117 suicides every day. For every suicide, 25 people attempt. Firearms account for 50% of all suicides. …show more content…
The suicide of Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher is especially tragic due to it’s brutal circumstances because it is a HORRIFIC story. After murdering the mother of his child, Belcher put the gun on himself. Belchers’s final moments were standing in front of Chiefs’ General Manager and Coach. It reported that his final words were “Guys, I have to do this. I got to go. I can’t be here”.
Evidence Unheard
•The founder of Victoria’s Secret, Roy Raymond, committed suicide by leaping off the Golden Gate Bridge in 1993.
•When Ashton Kutcher was 13 years old, he contemplated committing suicide in order to give his heart to his dying brother.
What types of suicides are there?
•There are 4 types of suicide that Durkheim created.
•Egoistic which occurs when the degree of social integration is low.
•Altruistic which occurs when the degree of social integration is too high.
•Anomic this kind of suicide is related to too low of a degree of regulation.
•Fatalistic is when people commit suicide when their lives are kept under tight regulation.
Who does suicide affect?
•Suicide leaves your loved ones crushed.
•Some people mostly affects partners, sons and daughters, siblings, grandparents, extended family, friends, and
Suicide in the United States
Suicide cost the United States $44 Billion dollars annually. On average, there are 117 suicides every day. For every suicide, 25 people attempt. Firearms account for 50% of all suicides. …show more content…
The suicide of Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher is especially tragic due to it’s brutal circumstances because it is a HORRIFIC story. After murdering the mother of his child, Belcher put the gun on himself. Belchers’s final moments were standing in front of Chiefs’ General Manager and Coach. It reported that his final words were “Guys, I have to do this. I got to go. I can’t be here”.
Evidence Unheard
•The founder of Victoria’s Secret, Roy Raymond, committed suicide by leaping off the Golden Gate Bridge in 1993.
•When Ashton Kutcher was 13 years old, he contemplated committing suicide in order to give his heart to his dying brother.
What types of suicides are there?
•There are 4 types of suicide that Durkheim created.
•Egoistic which occurs when the degree of social integration is low.
•Altruistic which occurs when the degree of social integration is too high.
•Anomic this kind of suicide is related to too low of a degree of regulation.
•Fatalistic is when people commit suicide when their lives are kept under tight regulation.
Who does suicide affect?
•Suicide leaves your loved ones crushed.
•Some people mostly affects partners, sons and daughters, siblings, grandparents, extended family, friends, and