Natrona County Suicide Prevention Task Force

Photos from the 19th Annual 'Breaking the Silence Walk,' sponsored by the Natrona County Suicide Prevention Task Force.

As of December 1, 33 people have killed themselves in Natrona County. The previous high was 31.

Suicide is a leading cause of preventable death in Wyoming impacting all ages, all backgrounds, and all racial and ethnic groups.

Suicide affects all ages, all backgrounds, all racial and ethnic groups, all across Wyoming.

According to the Natrona County Coroner's website, 12 people in the county have died by suicide through August.

Suicide knows no color, gender, or socioeconomic situation - it affects all of us!

Wyoming's suicide rate is among the highest in the nation at 20.7 per 100,000 population.

More than 1,000 people -- at least 400 more than last year -- assembled at Crossroads Park to show their support for suicide awareness during the annual "Breaking the Silence" walk along the Platte River Parkway on Saturday.

Suicide awareness used to be somebody else's job.

The Natrona County Suicide Prevention Task Force hosts its annual "Breaking the Silence" walk at Crossroads Park at 4 p.m. Saturday.

Wyoming has begun to trim its notoriously high suicide rate, an organizer of the Suicide Prevention Conference at the Ramkota Hotel in Casper this week.

Suicide knows no color, gender, or socioeconomic situation - it affects all of us!