Next were hanging and poisoning. Simply making firearms less easily accessible to a suicidal person can drastically reduce their chance of them taking their own life. More females than males attempt suicide. Whites commit suicide at a higher rate, than Afro-Americans, Asians and Hispanics. Married folks have a lower rate of suicide than do divorced, separated, widowed and single people.
Suicide is the eighth leading cause of death among the entire population.
Suicide has been reported as the second leading cause of death among teenagers, exceeded only by traffic accidents. However, the suicide rate among teens is actually lower than that of older persons. Thus, the relatively few suicides among teens make suicide a leading cause of death. However, much of this increase may not be real. In the past, there was widespread denial that pre-teens could decide to end their lives.