I couldn’t sleep again last night. People keep asking me why I don’t eat, I just … I’m just not hungry anymore. A million things run through my head at every moment. I just can’t concentrate. Why do they care anyways? I don’t want them to care ... I’m not worth it. I don’t want them to care. I couldn’t stop thinking about my future, my end. My head …showed first 75 words of 1321 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1321 total…States, suicide is the ninth leading cause of death. Roughly, twice as many woman attempt suicide as men. Yet, out of 31,000 successful suicides in 1996, about four fifths were men. Public health workers have been baffled by the increasing suicide in the age group of 10 – 14 years of age. From 1980 to 1995 suicide in this age group rose from 139 to 330 out of 100,00 individuals. Worldwide, suicide rates have been notably high in Russia, Hungary and Finland. (The Columbian Encyclopedia, 243)