The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (3/22, Pirani) reported the US CDC has found that the US “experienced a nearly 30 percent increase in suicide rates between 1999-2016,” according to new data. The piece added that a study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine “found that increases in state minimum wages in recent years have been associated with decreases in suicide rates.” The piece also said the research is the “first study the authors believe examines the effect of minimum wage changes on suicide rates” and that previous research from the CDC and from the National Institutes of Health shows “individuals with significant debt are generally more likely to report physical health challenges.”
Related Links:
— “Could increasing minimum wage help reduce the suicide rate?, “Fiza Pirani, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution , March 22, 2019