The NBC News (9/6, Carroll) website reported, “Suicide rates are on the rise, especially in rural America,” research indicated. After examining “data from the National Vital Statistics System, a database that includes information on suicide deaths,” as well as data from “the U.S. Census, the American Community Survey, County Business Patterns, Area Health Resource Files, and the North American Industry Classification System,” investigators found that “from 1999 to 2016, the rate of suicide among Americans ages 25 to 64 rose by 41 percent, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.” What’s more, “rates among people living in rural counties were 25 percent higher than those in major metropolitan areas.” The findings were published online Sept. 6 in JAMA Network Open. Also covering the story were the ABC News (9/8, Kendrick) website, CNN (9/6, Christensen), and HealthDay (9/6, Thompson).
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— “Suicide rates are rising, especially in rural America, “Linda Carroll, NBC News, September 6, 2019