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Suicide accounts for 1.4% of premature death worldwide, based on a recent review of World Health Organization databases and PubMed. 1 The risk is particularly high in the 2nd and 3rd decades of life, when suicide is the second leading cause of death, behind motor vehicle accidents. Suicide attempts are approximately 30 times more common than completed suicides, and although attempts are more common in females, completed suicides are more common in males. 1

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