10,000
How many suicides in North America and Europe were associated with the Great Recession, estimates a report in the June issue of the British Journal of Psychiatryopens in new window. The study compared suicide rates before the recession in 2007 with those between 2008 and 2010.
3,300
Number of reported forcible sex crimes on college campuses in 2011 — a 52 percent increase from 2001, according to a report released by the U.S. Department of Educationopens in new window in June. College crimes as a whole, however, decreased over the decade.
$2.4 million
How much it costs to support someone with an autism spectrum disorder over his or her life, mostly due to special education and lost productivity for parents, estimates a June study online in JAMA Pediatricsopens in new window.
1 in 8
How many American children are physically, sexually or emotionally abused or neglected by the time they reach age 18, according to a study in the June issue of JAMA Pediatricsopens in new window. One in five black children and one in seven Native American children are maltreated.
