NBC News (6/23, Pettypiece ) reports, “The construction industry has one of the highest suicide rates among professions – with the rate among male construction workers 75% higher than men in the general population, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.” Around “6,000 construction workers died as a result of suicide in 2022, an increase from 2021, according to the most recent data available. That compares to around 1,000 who died from a construction work-related injury.”
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— “Construction workers are dying by suicide at an alarming rate,”Shannon Pettypiece, NBC News, June 23, 2024