Leading Cause Of Suicide As A Public Health Problem

Suicide, a Public Health Problem “Suicide is when people direct violence at themselves with the intent to end their lives, and they die as a result of their actions” (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2012). In 2012, the CDC used that as the definition of suicide for their “Understanding Suicide Fact Sheet”. After that definition, the CDC acknowledged that suicide is a leading cause of death in the United States (2012). Suicide is a major public health issue for it is one of the top three leading causes of death among the youth and early middle-aged (CDC, 2005). There are many ways in which one could commit suicide, and with the increase of depression and other social disorders over the past five decades, it is very important
For people aged 10-14, suicide was the third leading cause of death within the United States. Also, suicide was the second leading cause of death for the age groups, 15-24 and 25-34 (CDC, 2015). Additionally, there were more suicides in 2013 compared to 2005 within the age gap 15-34 (CDC, 2005, 2013). The prevalence of suicide within this age group is very alarming. The fact that younger people are more likely to commit suicide than the rest of the age groups should be a red flag for public health officials. Interestingly enough, in 2013, suicide was promoted to the second leading cause of death in the age group 15-24, as compared to the third leading cause of death in that age group for years prior (CDC, 2010,
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The person who reviewed my paper did not say anything about finding more research, so I did not find any new resources to fill in. The person also said that I might have used a little too much information in my essay. I also think I used enough sources for the assignment, because I ended up using more peer-reviewed sources than what was required. If needed, I would able to pull more information from those sources and put it into this essay to further support my ideas.
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