PRINTER'S NO. 1181
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
200
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY TARTAGLIONE, PHILLIPS-HILL, STREET, BREWSTER,
SCHWANK, FONTANA, DINNIMAN, MARTIN, LEACH, BROWNE, HUGHES,
J. WARD, BARTOLOTTA, KILLION, BLAKE, YUDICHAK, HUTCHINSON AND
AUMENT, SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing September 10, 2019, 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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