September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month – it’s during this month that we work to raise awareness around the topic of suicide and how to talk about it.

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, conversations about mental health have become easier and access to mental health and wellbeing tools has been on the rise. However, the topic of suicide can still be difficult to discuss.

According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death among people ages 10-34 with a 35% increase in the rate of suicide since 1999.

With suicide being the 10th leading cause of death in the United States, let’s look at the annual prevalence of suicidal ideation among US demographic groups: