Suicide is the third leading cause of death among young people, claiming the lives of nearly 4,000 people between the ages of 15 and 24 in 2001, according to the American Association of Suicidology. Still, the rate of suicide at UW-Madison has remained remarkably low, due in large part to the university’s pro-active approach to this extremely sensitive issue. Assistant Dean of Students Ervin Cox pointed out despite suicide’s status as a national problem, there were zero suicides last year at UW-Madison, a school of more than 40,000 students.
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