HealthDay (3/3) reports, “Suicide mortality increased from 2000 to 2018, then decreased from 2018 to 2020,” researchers from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics concluded. The authors wrote, “Suicide rates were three to four times higher for males compared with females across the period, with both groups having lower rates in 2020 compared with 2018 and 2019.” The findings were published in a NCHS Data Brief No. 433 for March.
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— “Suicide Mortality Decreased From 2018 to 2020 After Rising Since 2000, HealthDay , March 3, 2022