After accidents and homicides, suicide is the third leading cause of death among young adults ages 15-24. No gender, racial, ethnic or socio-economic group is immune from this phenomena.
Men are more likely to commit suicide than women.
They usually use violent means to end their own lives. Because each individual is unique there is no single reason as to why a student commits suicide. However, there are several factors that may contribute to a student having suicidal thoughts. Hopelessness, or helplessness in feeling that problems in living seem more than one can bear and no one seems to care or help. Worthlessness or feelings of being a failure caused by not doing well in school, or by failing in social areas that are of interest.