List of suicide sites
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| Suicide |
|---|
| History of suicide |
| List of suicides |
| Views on suicide |
| Medical | Cultural |
| Legal | Philosophical |
| Religious | Right to die |
| Suicide crisis |
| Intervention | Prevention |
| Crisis hotline | Suicide watch |
| Types of suicide |
| Suicide by method | Copycat suicide |
| Cult suicide | Euthanasia |
| Forced suicide | Internet suicide |
| Mass suicide | Murder-suicide |
| Ritual suicide | Suicide attack |
| Suicide pact | Teenage suicide |
| Related phenomena |
| Parasuicide | Self-harm |
| Suicidal ideation | Suicide note |
The following is a list of current and historic sites frequently chosen to commit suicide, usually by jumping. Some of the sites listed ceased to be used for suicide following the installation of suicide barriers, and other precautions.
Exact numbers of victims are sometimes difficult to determine, as many jurisdictions and media agencies have ceased collecting statistics and reporting suicides at common sites, in the belief that the reporting may encourage others.
- Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California - over 1,500 suicides
- Beachy Head, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom - about 500 suicides
- Prince Edward Viaduct, Toronto, Ontario, Canada - over 400 suicides
- Eiffel Tower, Paris, France - about 350 suicides
- Jacques Cartier Bridge, Montreal, Quebec, Canada - over 143 suicides
- Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney, Australia - about 40 suicides
- Empire State Building, New York, New York - at least 31 suicides
- Montreal Metro, Montreal, Quebec, Canada - over 129 suicides
- Mexico City Metro, Mexico City, Mexico
- Vienna U-Bahn, Vienna, Austria
- Main Building of The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas - 9 (does not include Charles Whitman shootings)
- Sunshine Skyway Bridge, Tampa Bay, Florida, - at least 90 suicides
- Aokigahara, Mount Fuji, Japan, - averages around 70 suicides per year
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes and references
- ↑ Shepard, Susan (2004). Tower tours offer glimpse of UT history. The Daily Texan. Retrieved on 2006-03-06.
[edit] Sources
- "The Magnet and the Veil", MD Canada, May/June 2003
- Suicide and Death in Montreal
- Man Jumps From Empire State Building, AP, Saturday, November 27, 2004
