Quote Originally Posted by mephistopheles View Post
Suicides in general are on the rise, it has surpassed auto crashes as the number one cause of death in the U.S. I know several people who have taken themselves out, including my only brother

The whole situation is f***ed
It must have radically changed. The last statistical year that numbers are available is 2009.

Here are a just a few to compare-
Diseases of heart 598,607
Diabetes mellitus 68,504
Influenza and pneumonia 53,582
Intentional self-harm (suicide) 36,547
Transport accidents 39,057

So unless there has been miraculous advancement in the medicine there are a lot of other causes killing far more than suicides.

The numbers are from this-
Centers for Disease Control link to their latest annual death report.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr59/nvsr59_04.pdf