According to The Hill (9/26, Bonn), on Sept. 26, Dr. Anne Schuchat, “the principal deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), warned…that suicide is on the rise in the U.S. among almost every age group.” Speaking with “Rising” Hill. TV co-hosts Krystal Ball and Buck Sexton, Dr. Schuchat said, “Suicide – in all ages except for young children and the elderly – is one of the few conditions that’s getting worse instead of better around the country.” Currently, “suicide is a leading cause of death in the” United States, “and suicide rates have spiked more than 30 percent in half of states across the country since 1999, according to the CDC.”
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— “Suicides in the US are up, says CDC official, “Tess Bonn, The Hill, September 26, 2018.