PRO 2017-08 Suicide Awareness TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS
PROCLAMATION NO. 2017-08
A PROCLAMATION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF
TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS, SUPPORTING SEPTEMBER 2017 AS
SUICIDE AWARENESS MONTH IN TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, one American dies by suicide every 12.3 minutes with nearly 43,000
deaths by suicide in our country during 2016; and
WHEREAS, more than 1.6 million years of life are lost to suicide and the
combined medical and work-loss costs in the United States is $44 billion per year; and
WHEREAS, Americans attempt suicide an estimated 1.1 million times annually,
with 575,000 being teenagers and 20 percent of high school students surveyed have
seriously considered suicide; and
WHEREAS, suicide is the tenth leading cause of death in the United States, the
second leading cause of death for ages 12-44 and the fifth leading cause of death for
ages 45-54; and
WHEREAS, more teenagers and young adults die from suicide than from cancer,
heart disease, AIDS, birth defects, stroke, pneumonia, influenza, and chronic lung
disease, combined and Veterans comprise 22.2 percent of suicides; and
WHEREAS, in the United States, 90 percent of those who die by suicide had a
diagnosable psychiatric disorder at the time of their death; and
WHEREAS, many of those people who died never received effective behavioral
health services, for many reasons including the difficulty of access, the stigma of using
behavioral health treatment and the stigma associated with losing a loved one to suicide.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, MAYOR C. NICK SANDERS, IN CONJUNCTION WITH
THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS, DO HEREBY
PROCLAIM:
SEPTEMBER 2017 AS SUICIDE AWARENESS MONTH
PASSED AND APPROVED by the Town Council of the Town of Trophy Club,
Texas, this 26th day of September 2017.
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