Fact Sheet: Depression and Suicide Risk (2014

Source: American Association of Suicidology

Relationship Between Depression & Suicide:

1. Depression is the psychiatric diagnosis most commonly associated with suicide.
2. Lifetime risk of suicide among patients with untreated depression ranges from 2.2% to 15%.
3. Some that 15% of patients with treated depression eventually die by suicide.
4. Depression is present in at least 50 percent of all suicides.
5. 2% to 9 % of people that have been diagnosed with depression in their lifetime will go on to complete suicide, according to a Mayo Clinic study.
6. Those suffering from depression are at 25 times greater risk for suicidal than the general population.