PRO 2019-20 TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS
PROCLAMATION NO. 2019-20
A PROCLAMATION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF
TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS, SUPPORTING SEPTEMBER 2019 AS
SUICIDE PREVENTION AWARENESS MONTH IN TROPHY CLUB,
TEXAS; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Americans attempt suicide an estimated 1.4 million times annually;
and 129 Americans die by suicide each day, with over 20 being our country's Veterans,
equating to 47,000 deaths by suicide a year; and
WHEREAS, more than 1.6 million years of life are lost to suicide and the
combined medical and work-loss costs in the United States is $44 billion per year; and
WHEREAS, suicide is the tenth leading cause of death in the United States, the
second leading cause of death for ages 12-44 and the fifth leading cause of death for
ages 45-54; and
WHEREAS, more teenagers and young adults die from suicide than from cancer,
heart disease, AIDS, birth defects, stroke, pneumonia, influenza, and chronic lung
disease, combined and Veterans comprise over 14 percent of suicides; and
WHEREAS, in the United States, 90 percent of those who die by suicide had a
diagnosable psychiatric disorder at the time of their death; and
WHEREAS, many of those people who died never received effective behavioral
health services, for many reasons including the difficulty of access, the stigma of using
behavioral health treatment and the stigma associated with losing a loved one to
suicide; and
WHEREAS, organizations, such as American Foundation for Suicide Prevention,
National Institutes of Mental Health, Veterans in Crisis and GallantFew provide
research, resources and support in order to spread awareness and prevent suicide.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, MAYOR C. NICK SANDERS, IN CONJUNCTION WITH
THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS, DO HEREBY
PROCLAIM:
SEPTEMBER 2019 AS SUICIDE PREVENTION AWARENESS MONTH
PASSED AND APP: • D by the Town Council of the Town of Trophy Club,
Texas, this 10th day of Q,• jy 19.
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