I have a background in suicidology and talked about something like that briefly. The concept of “suicide awareness” is a bit misguided as people are not aware of issues within their community, not on a national level.

In a survey, people estimated that 20 percent of the population has attempted suicide. It’s actually five percent. But 40 percent said that they personally know someone who has.

Three percent of the population has green eyes. I seriously doubt that 60 percent of people will say that they don’t know anyone with green eyes.