PRINTER'S NO. 1157
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
176
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY TARTAGLIONE, FONTANA, DINNIMAN, FARNESE,
GREENLEAF, BARTOLOTTA, SABATINA, BROWNE, MENSCH, BREWSTER,
COSTA, BOSCOLA, WHITE, VULAKOVICH, HUTCHINSON, SCAVELLO,
AUMENT, RAFFERTY AND HUGHES, SEPTEMBER 18, 2017
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, SEPTEMBER 18, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing September 10, 2017, 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 800,000 people die from suicide each year,
with one 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 World Health Organization's
recently released suicide report, all 194 member states of the
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World Health Assembly are seeking to reduce suicide rates by 10%
through the year 2020; and
WHEREAS, "World Suicide Prevention Day," part of a worldwide
suicide prevention initiative by the International Association
for Suicide Prevention and the World Health Organization, is
marking its 14th anniversary this year; and
WHEREAS, The theme of this year's "World Suicide Prevention
Day" is "Take a minute, Change a Life"; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate recognize September 10, 2017, as
"World Suicide Prevention Day" in Pennsylvania.
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