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The recent suicide rate data is the highest in the US since 1941, according to the report.
The United State’s suicide rate reached its highest levels in over 80 years, according to new federal data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
According to the data, almost 50,000 Americans ended their lives last year, which was a 3% increase from 2021. However, this is from provisional data from the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics, and that number is likely to grow once the data is finalized, as pending causes of deaths for some death certificates may be ruled as suicides...more