THE CURRENT PICTURE
The Indiana State Department of Health's Injury Prevention Program routinely compiles a report entitled Suicide In Indiana. The data below are taken from this report as well as data provided by the American Association of Suicidology.

• Indiana ’s suicide rate has been higher than the national average since 1999.
• In recent years, suicide among Hoosiers ages 15-19 has wavered between the 2nd and 3rd leading cause of death.
• In 2005, suicide among Hoosiers ages 15-54 was the 4th leading cause of death.
• Elderly white males have the highest suicide risk.
• During the period 2001-2005, four times as many males than females died by suicide.
• According to the 2005 “Indiana Youth Risk Behavior Survey” 22% of girls and 14.3% of boys surveyed in grades 9-12 seriously considered attempting suicide in the last year.
• Suicide affects more than just those who die by suicide. There are an estimated six survivors (family and friends affected by the suicide) with each suicide death.

INDIANA RESOURCES
SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING
Two evidence-based training programs exist in Indiana.

• Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) is a 2-day intensive, interactive, and practice-dominated course that teaches people how to intervene with someone who is actively suicidal. For a list of ASIST Trainers throughout Indiana click here.
• QPR (Question, Persuade, and Refer) is a 2-hour workshop that helps people recognize warning signs, learn how to ask someone if they are thinking of suicide, and how to refer them to help. A listing of QPR Trainers is under development, please email the Coalition for assistance.
• Click here for a more detailed description of each program.
  

SUICIDE SURVIVOR SUPPORT GROUPS

• There are 10 Survivor of Suicide Support Groups in Indiana for those who have lost loved ones to suicide. Click here for a listing.
• For a resource list for survivors of suicide, click here.