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New Suicide Data Released for Cape and Islands

The Barnstable County Department of Human Services recently released a summary of suicide data for the Cape and Islands through 2011, the most recent year that data is available. This fact sheet summarizes data on suicide deaths specific to residents of Cape Cod (Barnstable County), Martha’s Vineyard (Dukes County), and Nantucket during the period 2000 to 2011. (Click here to view the entire report.)