SUICIDE STATISTICS

National Suicide Prevention Hotline

God of Life and Hope,

Skilled manual laborers and machinists
are 1.63 times more likely to commit suicide than average.

Lord, please bless these workers,
and give them the courage and optimism
to continue building their own lives
through the years.

Mathematicians and scientists are 1.85 times more likely to commit suicide than average.

Lord, please bless mathematicians
and scientists, and help them work out wise, life-embracing solutions
to their dark challenges.

Performers like comedians are 1.90 times more likely to commit suicide than average.

Lord, please bless performers, and give them
bright new optimistic reasons to laugh and to live.

Doctors are 1.94 times more likely to commit suicide than average.

Lord, please bless doctors and help them heal their own depressions and find new happiness and hope in living.

Carpenters are 2 times more likely to commit suicide than average.

Lord, please bless those who construct
our homes and work places, and let them see the possibility of building their own brighter tomorrows.

Artists, sculptors and painters are 2.12 times more likely to commit suicide than average.

Lord, please bless artists, sculptors and painters and give them valid, convincing visions of rewarding future times.

Photographers are 2.50 times more likely
to commit suicide than average.

Lord, please bless photographers and give them an eye for the enduring goodness
of life.

Authors are 2.60 times more likely to commit suicide than average.

Lord, please bless authors, and help them have astonishing insights into their own characters, and find thoughtful, credible and convincing reasons to live.

Dancers are 2.67 times more likely to commit suicide than average.

Lord, please bless dancers and let them be moved to embrace life and continue
to rejoice in the waltz of the years,
even when they can no longer dance themselves.

Actors are 2.80 times more likely
to commit suicide than average.

Lord, please bless actors and let them take nourishment from the great insight they have given others, and go on with the plot of their own lives in pride and satisfaction.

Musicians are 3.60 times more likely
to commit suicide than average.

Lord, please bless musicians and give them life-giving continuous happiness
and optimism in their music, and reassurance in the joy they bring to other.

Dentists are 5.45 times more likely
to commit suicide than average.

Lord, please bless dentists and let them take deserved pride in the well-being and smiles they have given to so many suffering patients, and let this sustain them in long and joyous living.

Men are four times more likely to commit suicide than women, and white Americans are twice as likely to commit suicide as blacks.

Lord, please bless all men and women
of all occupations, of all colors, white
and black, red and yellow, and help them learn to find renewed joy in the possibility of every moment of every day,
in spite of difficulties, illness,
lost friends, lost opportunities,
lost spouses, lost companions,
and lost happiness.

Please give them hope, and the will to live!

All this I pray to You in love
and confidence, dear God,
and with a thankful joy
for the gift of all life.

Amen

National Suicide Hotlines USA

National Suicide Prevention Hotline

Toll-Free / 24 hours a day / 7 days a week
1-800-SUICIDE 1-800-273-TALK
1-800-784-2433 1-800-273-8255

1-800-799-4TTY (4889)
Deaf Hotline