US suicide rate ticks back up to match record high of 2018

Lauren Taylor

AFTER SEEING A DIP DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC… U-S SUICIDE RATES ARE TICKING BACK UP AGAIN.

ACCORDING TO THE C-D-C’S LATEST REPORT – RELEASED THURSDAY – THE SUICIDE RATE HAS GONE BACK UP TO THE SAME LEVEL IT WAS AT IN 20-18… WHICH WAS THE HIGHEST RATE THE U-S HAS SEEN IN MORE THAN SEVEN DECADES.

JUST UNDER 49-THOUSAND 500 SUICIDE DEATHS WERE RECORDED IN 20-22…

AND PRELIMINARY DATA FROM THE C-D-C SHOWS 20-23 WAS SIMILAR… WITH 49-THOUSAND 300.

THE NATIONAL SUICIDE RATE HAS BEEN RISING STEADILY FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS NOW – WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A TWO-YEAR DROP CLOSE TO THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC.

SUICIDE WAS THE 11-TH LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE U-S IN 20-22…

AND MORE THAN HALF INVOLVED FIREARMS.

BREAKING IT DOWN FURTHER, THOUGH, PAINTS A MORE GRIM PICTURE.

SUICIDE WAS THE *SECOND* LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN PEOPLE 10 TO 14 YEARS OLD AND 20 TO 34 YEARS OLD…

AND THE *THIRD* FOR KIDS AGED 15 TO 19.

AND – SUICIDE DEATHS CONTINUE TO BE MORE PREVALENT AMONG MEN AND BOYS….

AND THE HIGHEST RATE FOR *ANY* GROUP WAS MEN OVER 75 YEARS OLD… WITH SUICIDE ACCOUNDING FOR 44 OF EVERY 100-THOUSANDS DEATHS.

IF YOU OR A LOVED ONE ARE DEALING WITH THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE OR SELF HARM – OR STRUGGLING WITH YOUR MENTAL HEALTH – YOU CAN CALL OR TEXT THE NATIONAL SUICIDE AND CRISIS LIFELINE AT 9-8-8.

IT’S OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK, EVEN HOLIDAYS – AND IS COMPLETELY FREE AND CONFIDENTIAL.