Research Paper
In January 2012 Freddie DabneyIII died by driving His Car into the James River. Authorities ruled that the cause of Death was suicide. The Suicide rate in Virginia has been continually rising. In 2011/2012 it was reported that the suicide rate reached an all time high at 13 Suicides in one year. This has been the highest number of suicides in Virginia for almost a decade. According to the States Medical Examiner Office, Virginians’ are three times more likely to die from a Suicide then a Homicide. The Medical Examiner’s Office said that the stress of Unemployment, relationship problems, and the lack to access Mental Health Resources all played a part in the rising Suicide numbers. Suicide is the act of a person taking His or Her own Life. Who is more likely to commit suicide in prison males or Females? Is there a way that we can prevent Suicide? Suicide can be prevented; most people who commit Suicide do show signs of constant …show more content…
The rest of Mechanisms of committing Suicide in Virginia are as follows, Poisoning (17.7%), Cut/Peirce (17.7%), fall (1.73%), Drowning (1.38%), (1.5%) of suicides were by other means. Virginians of the age 30 and older has the highest rate of Suicide; the suicide rate for people 35 and older was 18.6 per 100,000. The second age group that had the Highest Suicide rate was youth 15-25 years old. Youth from the age 15-25 years old had a Suicide rate of 15.5 per 100,000. In 2004 to 2008 there were a total of 3,420 Suicides, so from 2008 to 2011 the amounts of Suicides increased over a thousand. (Medical Examiner Office Of