The AP (11/15) reported that “health officials” with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “say the workers with the highest suicide rates have construction, mining and drilling jobs.” The findings, which were published Nov. 16 in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, corrected “an earlier study that mistakenly said farmers, lumberjacks and fishermen killed themselves most often.” In arriving at these conclusions, investigators examined data on “22,000 people who died of suicide in 2012 and 2015, and what jobs they held.”
The NBC News (11/15, Fox) website reports that across the entire population, suicide rates are rising, the report revealed, with men being more likely than women to commit suicide.
Related Links:
— “Corrected study: Building, mining have high suicide rates, AP, November 15, 2018.