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According to official statistics, about a million people die by suicide every year, more than those murdered or killed in war. According to 2005 data, suicides in the U.S. outnumber murders by nearly 2 to 1 and ranks as the 11th leading [|cause of death] in the country. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide
 * Suicide** is the intentional taking of your own life.

Why Do Teens Try to Kill Themselves? Most teens interviewed after making a suicide attempt say that they did it because they were trying to escape from a situation that seemed impossible to deal with or to get relief from really bad thoughts or feelings. They didn't want to die as much as they wanted stop what was going on. And at that particular moment dying seemed like the only way to stop it. http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/mental_health/suicide.html

“Suicide is not chosen; it happens when pain exceeds resources for coping with pain.” http://www.metanoia.org/suicide/ sitfu.blogspot.com

People may consider suicide when they are hopeless and can't see any other solution to their problems. Often it has to do with serious [|depression,] [|alcohol] or [|substance abuse], or a very stressful experience http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/suicide.html

What are the effects of suicide? The effects of suicidal behavior or completed suicide on friends and family members are usually devastating. People who lose a loved one from suicide (suicide survivors) are more at risk for becoming obsessed with the reason for the suicide while wanting to deny the cause of death, wondering if they could have prevented it, feeling blamed for what preceded the suicide, feeling unloved by their loved one. http://www.medicinenet.com/suicide/page2.htm