Means Matter
The mission of the Means Matter Campaign is to increase the proportion of suicide prevention groups who promote activities that reduce a suicidal person’s access to lethal means of suicide and who develop active partnerships with gun owner groups to prevent suicide.
677 Huntington Ave
Kresge 316
Boston, MA 02115
Who?
Who is Most Affected by Suicide?
Suicide hurts all of us—parents, children, siblings, friends, lovers and spouses. The loss for society is psychological, spiritual, and financial. Understanding suicide requires looking at all of the factors that underlie this complex and intensely emotional issue and applying logic and reason, even in the face of sadness and despair.
Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the U.S. and the fourth leading cause for males under 65.1 For each death, about 45 people attempt and survive. Those who die are more likely to be male, older, and to use more lethal methods.
1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS). (Leading Cause of Death data)