Violence kills more than 1.6 million people each year, and suicide claims almost as many lives as w

"Violence kills more than 1.6 million people each year, and suicide claims almost as many lives as war and homicide combined"

Source: Stolberg, Sheryl Gay, "War, Murder and Suicide: A Year's Toll is 1.6 million," The New York Times, 10/3/02

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