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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A new study from Ohio State University could dramatically shift how suicide is detected and prevented across the country.

"In the state of Ohio, we lose five people every day to suicide," Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation CEO Tony Coder said. "We lose a child every 34 hours. The highest rates of suicide are actually among individuals over the age of 65. So those folks are going to the doctor more regularly."

In an effort to enhance suicide risk and prediction nationwide, researchers at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical

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