Suicide Total Hits New High Number Steadily Rising for Decade

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The number of people who committed suicide in Vanderburgh County reached a new high last year, breaking the record set in 2009 and marking the high point in a statistic that has been climbing for the past decade.

Fifty-four people committed suicide in Vanderburgh County in 2010, surpassing 2009's total of 49. In all but two years since 2004, the year-over-year change has increased, and in the years it has went down (2006 and 2008) it never decreased by more than two.

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Suicide Total Hits New High Number Steadily Rising for Decade

"It's terrible," said Vanderburgh County Coroner Annie Groves, who has

championed the cause of preventing suicides.

One way Groves has been addressing suicides is by compiling data about every ...

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