The Christian Science Monitor (1/14, Weissmann) reports, “The global suicide rate hit its lowest point in two decades,” falling “by 38 percent since its peak in 1994, according to data from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington in Seattle.” But, the US “has seen its suicide rate jump 28 percent during the past two decades,” partly due to the fact that “firearms are widely accessible to Americans, and experts say the 2008 recession and the opioid epidemic have increased the number of those considering suicide.”
Related Links:
— “The global suicide rate has seen a net decline. What caused it?, “Elena Weissmann, The Christian Science Monitor, January 14, 2019