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State laws targeting transgender people made trans and nonbinary people aged 13 to 24 more likely to attempt suicide in the past year, according to a survey conducted by the Trevor Project, an LGBTQ youth suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization.
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Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 12 Apr. 2025
According to the American Psychiatric Association, one in five problem gamblers will attempt suicide; that's the highest rate of any addiction.
—Ted Koppel, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2025
Trans people are also more likely to think about or attempt suicide — 81 percent of trans adults have thought about suicide and 42 percent have attempted it, according to a recent study.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Suicide rates, too, reveal a grim gender disparity: women attempt suicide more often, but men are far more likely to die by it.
—Angelica Puzio Ferrara, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2025
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Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 12 Apr. 2025
According to the American Psychiatric Association, one in five problem gamblers will attempt suicide; that's the highest rate of any addiction.
—Ted Koppel, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2025
Trans people are also more likely to think about or attempt suicide — 81 percent of trans adults have thought about suicide and 42 percent have attempted it, according to a recent study.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Suicide rates, too, reveal a grim gender disparity: women attempt suicide more often, but men are far more likely to die by it.
—Angelica Puzio Ferrara, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2025
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“Attempt suicide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/attempt%20suicide. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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