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The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention here in Nashville during Suicide Prevention Awareness month by hosting a Youth Mental Health Festival Saturday.
In Tennessee, suicide is the ninth leading cause of death overall. But you may be surprised when those numbers are broken down by age… That was Meghan Gwaltney, area Director of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. As the age of Tennesseans increase to 25, so do the numbers of those who commit suicide. For those in the 25 to 34-year-old age group, suicide is the SECOND leading cause of death.Between the years of 2014 and 2018, the total number of deaths by suicide increased by .