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When teaching students about suicide, the nursing instructor knows to include facts such as:
1. Over 31,000 people kill themselves each year, and suicide is the primary reason for their deaths.
2. Suicide is the fourth leading cause of death among African-American teenagers and the ninth leading cause of Caucasian teen deaths.
3. Suicide is the 11th leading cause of self-inflicted injuries, accounting for over 325,000 people each year going to the emergency department.
4. Suicide is the leading cause of death among mentally ill clients, and over three million people kill themselves each year according to the CDC.
5. Suicide is the 11th leading cause of death among Americans, and as many as 44% of psychiatric emergency clients are at increased risk for suicide.
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