In 2022, 49,476 Americans died by suicide and there were an estimated 1.6 million attempts worldwide. Today, suicide is a leading cause of death in the United States, especially among working age adults. Suicide is complex and rarely rooted in a single aspect. While conditions such as anxiety and depression can result in thoughts of suicide, not everyone who has a mental illness is suicidal, and not everyone who contemplates suicide has a mental illness.
