PENNSYLVANIA, September 21 - PRINTER'S NO. 1080

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE RESOLUTION

No.

173

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY TARTAGLIONE, HUGHES, DUSH, J. WARD, KANE, BOSCOLA,

MARTIN, COSTA, MUTH, COMITTA, BARTOLOTTA, SCHWANK, FONTANA,

STREET, BROOKS, KEARNEY, STEFANO, CAPPELLETTI AND BROWNE,

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

A RESOLUTION

Recognizing September 10, 2021, as "World Suicide Prevention

Day" in Pennsylvania.

WHEREAS, Suicidal behavior has become a major public health

concern; and

WHEREAS, Cultures of silence and post-suicide 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 700,000 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, "World Suicide Prevention Day," part of a worldwide

suicide prevention initiative by the International Association

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