Suicide Is A Bigger Problem - 1109 Words

Suicide is going to claim more lives than any of us realize. As the people of America, we have very little knowledge of what suicide is doing. Suicide has turned into a bigger problem than anyone understands by claiming a higher percentage than any other reason for death in the US. It also has claimed an area of the country to host itself and is using the internet to ruin people’s lives. Suicide is a larger problem than other forms of death such as homicides and car crashes. In 2009, Suicide was recorded as the top killer of humans in America. Suicide death rates have increased 15% between 2000 and 2009. When suicide is compared to car crashes, the second highest killer in the US, and homicide cases, ranked the fifth highest killer,†¦show more content†¦For the age group of 25 to 44 year olds, homicide rates were about half of the number of suicide cases. Suicide is such a serious problem that it is doubling the rates of homicide. One of the biggest causes of suicide is the lack of social connections people need. In the west, this is obvious because of the lack of people. Sociologist Matt Wray, of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, told Freakonomics Radio, â€Å"The Intermountain West is a place that is disproportionately populated by middle-aged white men, single, unattached, often unemployed, with access to guns.† This area of the United States is composed of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming. This region is also referred to as the â€Å"Suicide Belt.† Suicide is growing to hold a ‘host spot’ where it can claim as many lives as it wants. A place like this proves the CDC’s data when they said suicide rates were highest for 45 to 54 year olds or â€Å"middle-aged† people. The western area of the United States has less people and the people that are there tend to not stay long causing a fluctuation in population. Populatio n fluctuation, in turn, causes suicide rates to increase. The people that do stay experience individualism and loneliness. The 45-54 year olds that do take residency in the west are more likely to commit suicide because there are not all that many people in the western states compared to the east and other regions. The west has held a high suicide