A method of evaluating the effectiveness of suicide prevention centers is described in which the location of callers to the center is compared with the location of suicides in the community. This can serve to inform an agency whether it is reaching into the appropriate areas of a community and the agency can adjust its out-reaching activities accordingly.
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