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Information Line: 1-800-732-8333
Email: injury@vdh.virginia.gov
Phone: (804) 864-7732

If you are looking for help because you or someone you know is in suicidal crisis, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, at 1-800-273-8255.

Trained crisis counselors are available 24 hours a day to help

Data & Statisticse

Data & Statistics

Suicide is a serious and preventable health problem affecting the lives of people across Virginia. Suicide and suicide attempts exact enormous tolls in terms of loss of life, physical impairment and medical costs, grief and suffering, and disruption of families and communities.

Research suggests that social stigma leads to inaccurate reporting of suicide; thus, the figures reported here may not indicate the full extent of suicide attempts and completions.

Suicide Data and Reports

Virginia

  • Suicide in Virginia: A Review of Suicide Across the Lifespan, 2004-2008 is now available. This report covers five years of suicide and suicide attempt data across five years. Click here to download or view a copy.

  • Youth Suicide in Virginia, 1996-2005 is now available. This report covers ten years of suicides among Virginia youth aged 10-24. Click here to download or view a copy.
  • Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet, Virginia 2005
    This fact sheet covers suicides and self-inflicted injuries in Virginia in 2005. Click here to download or view a copy.
 

Last Updated: 09-14-2012

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