Americans who describe suicide as an epidemic in the United States
Percent of U.S. adults, 2015 (in percent)
Key finding
- Americans who describe suicide as an epidemic in the United States: 56%. Percent of Americans who describe suicide as an epidemic in the United States
Source: Lifeway Research, Suicide is Epidemic but Doesn’t Lead to Hell, Americans Say · Lifeway Research phone survey of 1,000 Americans. Article published 2015-08-21.
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Americans who describe suicide as an epidemic in the United States: 56%. Percent of Americans who describe suicide as an epidemic in the United States.
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Lifeway Research, 2015. Source: Lifeway Research, Suicide is Epidemic but Doesn’t Lead to Hell, Americans Say (https://research.lifeway.com/2015/08/21/suicide-is-epidemic/).
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