PRINTER'S NO. 1117
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
160
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY TARTAGLIONE, DINNIMAN, GREENLEAF, TEPLITZ,
SABATINA, FONTANA, KITCHEN, VULAKOVICH, MENSCH, SCHWANK,
PILEGGI, RAFFERTY, YUDICHAK, COSTA AND ARGALL, JUNE 24, 2015
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, JUNE 24, 2015
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing September 10, 2015, as "World Suicide Prevention
Day" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Suicidal behavior has become a major public health
concern; and
WHEREAS, Cultures of silence and postsuicide stigmas still
exist in many societies worldwide; and
WHEREAS, Around the globe, suicide ranks as a leading cause
of death and remains a major preventable cause of premature
death; and
WHEREAS, The number of suicide deaths per year exceeds the
number of deaths from homicide and war combined; and
WHEREAS, More than 1 million people die from suicide each
year, with 1 death from suicide occurring every 40 seconds; and
WHEREAS, In the United States, suicide is the 10th leading
cause of death; and
WHEREAS, According to the recently released World Suicide
Report, all 194 member states of the World Health Assembly are
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