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THIRD READING
Bill No: ACR 77
Author: Torres (D)
Amended: 8/31/11 in Assembly
Vote: 21
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : Read and adopted, 8/29/11
SUBJECT : Suicide Prevention Week
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution proclaims September 4 through
September 10, 2011 as Suicide Prevention Week.
ANALYSIS : Resolution findings:
1.Suicide is the 11th leading cause of death in the United
States taking a life every 15.2 minutes; and, suicide is
the third leading cause of death among individuals who
are 15 to 24 years of age.
2.2010 was the second consecutive year that the United
States military lost more troops to suicide than in
combat in Iraq and Afghanistan.
3.Firearms, hanging, suffocation, and poisoning constitute
more than 90 percent of suicides in the United States;
and, a great many suicides are preventable.
4.In 2007, 18 percent of Hispanic adolescents reported
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seriously considering attempting suicide in the last
year, which is a proportion higher than reported by their
non-Hispanic classmates.
5.The American Association of Suicidology is dedicated to
reducing the frequency of suicide attempts and death
through education, research, intervention services,
bereavement services and encouragement of initiatives
based on the goals contained in the National Strategy
Prevention Plan.
6.The California Department of Mental Health, Office of
Suicide Prevention, has created the California Strategic
Plan on Suicide Prevention to address the need to prevent
suicides and has supported statewide and local projects
launched under the Mental Health Services Act.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
CTW:nl 9/6/11 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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