Suicide Prevention Awareness Walk set for Oct. 7

On average, one person in the state of Montana dies by suicide every 32 hours.

Suicide is the eighth leading cause of death, overall, in the state of Montana.

In Montana, suicide is the fourth leading cause of death in people aged 45-to-54 and the second leading cause of death for people aged 10-to-44.

These stats are provided by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and are based on the most recent 2015 data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Reading about suicide for most people is easy. Talking about suicide, on the other hand, is sometimes harder and more u...