CNN (4/8, Howard) reports the suicide rate in the US increased 35% from 1999 to 2018, according to a report from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics. The report “showed that the suicide rate climbed from 10.5 suicide deaths per 100,000 people in 1999 to a rate of 14.2 in 2018 – increasing on average by about 0.8% each year from 1999 to 2006 and then by 2.1% per year thereafter.”
HealthDay (4/8, Reinberg) reports that “while the suicide rate rose for both men and women, it soared 55% among females compared with a 28% climb among males,” but “men are nearly four times more likely to take their own lives.” The report also showed that “the highest suicide rate among women was among those 45 to 64 years old,” while “the rate was highest for those 75 and over” among men. In addition, the report also found that “in 2018, men and women in rural areas were more likely to die by suicide than city dwellers.”
Related Links:
— “US suicide rate climbs 35% since 1999, new report finds, “Jacqueline Howard, CNN, April 8, 2020