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Suicide Statistics In Connecticut - 2001

Suicide Statistics In Connecticut - 2001

290 individuals completed suicide in 2001 - that's approximately one person every 1.2 days.

Of those 290 individuals who completed suicide in 2001:

236 were men 54 were women 50 were older adults ages 65 and over 12 were older adults (60-64 years of age) 20 were youth between the ages of 15 and 24 2 were youth between the ages of 10 and 14 (both male)

Firearms were the most common method used by Connecticut Residents to complete suicide in 2001 (used in approximately 33% of documented suicides). For youth, hanging used in 65% of completed suicides.

It is estimated that each suicide intimately affects at least 6 other individuals; thus, in 2001, approximately 1,740 Connecticut residents were "intimately" affected by a loved one's suicide.

Source: Connecticut Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. Deaths, Suicides (Instance Detail), 2000.

http://www.infoline.org/Crisis/stats.asp

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