Jacksonville 9th most suicidal city?

[thelakelander]

Highest rates of suicide

1. Las Vegas, NV

2. Colorado Springs, CO

3. Tucson, AZ

4. Sacramento, CA

5. Albuquerque, NM

6. Mesa, AZ

7. Miami, FL

8. Denver, CO

9. Jacksonville, FL

Annual rate: 15.6 per 100,000 people annually

From 1990 to 2004, there was a 16.3% change in Jacksonville's suicide rates and the highest annual rate was 18.6 in 1990.

Shockingly, suicides in the Sunshine State take the lives of more than 2,000 people annually and has the second highest number of suicides in the nation as of 2007. In 2009, there were 2,854 cases of suicides reported in Florida.

According to city-data, Jacksonville has an unemployment rate of 10.3% as of March 2011 and the crime index was 510 in 2009.

Source: National Association of County and City Health Officials (2004) and City-Data

10. Wichita, KS

11. Pittsburgh, PA

12. Portland, OR

13. Fresno, CA

14. Phoenix, AZ

15. Tulsa, OK

http://www.businessinsider.com/most-suicidal-us-cities-2011-7?op=1

[duvaldude08]

Yup. Its true. I comitted suicide last night