CNN (11/15, McPhillips) reports, “The suicide rate in the United States spiked in 2021, reversing two years of decline, and rates among older men were especially high, a new report says.” The report from the CDC indicates that there were approximately “30 suicide deaths for every 100,000 men ages 55 and older in 2021…more than double the overall age-adjusted rate of about 14 suicide deaths for every 100,000 people that year.” The data indicated that “men 85 and older were the most at risk, with nearly 56 suicide deaths for every 100,000 people in that group, higher than any other age group.”
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— “Suicide rates in the US are highest among elderly men, and most involve guns, CDC report says,”Deidre McPhillips, CNN, November 15, 2023