Personal Statement

Personal Statement

One of the major issues facing the social workers is the increasing number of suicide cases in the American society. Children between the ages of 15-24 years have taken the lead here. Throughout the 1990s, suicide was consistently one of the leading causes of death for many age-specific categories in the United States. In 1998, suicide was ranked among the 10 leading causes of death, and among males it was the eighth leading cause of death. In 1999, according to the National Center for Health Statistics, suicide was the tenth leading cause of death; among white males grouped by age-specific categories (15-19, 20-24, and 25-34), suicide was the second leading cause of death (Anderson 2001). Such forms of intentional self-harm were ranked somewhat lower as a causal factor for older age categories, ranking as the fourth, fifth, and eighth leading causes of death among the age groups 3544, 4554, and 5564, respectively. In the area of death cause counting, with the exception of 1999, when it was the eleventh leading cause of death among Americans, suicide has ranked among the 10 leading causes of mortality in the United States since 1975.

In 1998, suicide was the eighth leading cause of death in the United States and the third leading cause of death among young people. As the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (2000) has noted, suicide is a serious public health problem among young people: Between 1990 and 1997, the rate of suicide increased 109% for 10- to 14-year-olds and 11% for 15to 19-year-olds.

Suicide ranked as the third leading cause of death among the young ages 15-24 in 1999 (n = 3,901; rate = 10.3), placing this youthful age category slightly lower than the national rate (10.7) for all age groups. Only accidents (n = 13, 656; rate = 36.2) and homicides (n = 4,998; rate = 13.2) ranked higher. Still, the well-documented idea that suicide is a leading cause of death among youth may be somewhat misleading, particularly for those under the age of 14. The public health revolution and improvements in medical care have contributed to a significant decline in youthful mortality previously attributable to infectious diseases, and this trend, in turn, has increased the relative importance of violent forms of death such as suicide. This same explanation may hold for other age groups as well.

I am a being who has an aspiration to be a human being always and everywhere. My efforts are always, therefore, diverted towards the fact that I have a role to play in the society, and to do that I have to develop myself into a proper dedicated individual. I, therefore, feel that contain the aptitude to understand my desires and my responsibilities both at the same time.

I think my self bestowed with the abilities to put consistent efforts for the tasks I am associated with. I generally believe myself not to be completely satisfied with the results considering that there is always a room for further ...