HCR 2021 Summary

• Proclaims September 2017 as Suicide Prevention Month in Arizona and expresses legislative commitment to promoting suicide prevention efforts in the state.

• Identifies suicide as the eighth-leading cause of death in Arizona, with nearly four times more deaths by suicide than homicide annually.

• Notes that suicide costs Arizona approximately $1.25 billion in combined lifetime medical and work losses, averaging $1,139,987 per death.

• Highlights that one person dies by suicide approximately every seven hours in Arizona, representing 23,276 years of potential life lost annually before age 65.

• Emphasizes that many suicide deaths are preventable through increased awareness of risk factors and knowledge of suicide prevention resources.