Adolescents and young adults,” young adult deaths in the United States are primarily caused by suicide. Research shows that the third leading cause of death is suicide. Women tend to have a more tolerant attitude toward suicide when exposed to this behavior (Joe, 2). The symbolic interactionism perspective plays an important role in the acceptability of suicide. Individuals interacting with groups that accept the belief in suicide are more likely to engage in this belief. More and more humans are becoming more accommodating that suicide is acceptable due to the legalization of physician-assisted suicide. Individuals tend to believe that if suicide is accepted in the medical field, the practice of suicide is acceptable. This finding may lead to an increase in individual belief in acceptable suicide in the United States, as well as an increase in suicides in the United States and the rest of the world.