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The U.S. Centers For Disease Control And Prevention (CDC) released a new Vital Signs report on Thursday, 7 June, 2018.
In the press release about the new report, the CDC states that:
Suicide rates have been rising in nearly every state, according to the latest Vital Signs report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In 2016, nearly 45,000 Americans age 10 or older died by suicide. Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death and is one of just three leading causes that are on the rise.
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Researchers found that more than half of people who died by suicide did not have a known diagnosed mental health condition at the time of death. Relationship problems or loss, substance misuse; physical health problems; and job, money, legal or housing stress often contributed to risk for suicide. Firearms were the most common method of suicide used by those with and without a known diagnosed mental health condition.
Are any Soylentils contemplating suicide? Do you know anyone who has attempted or succeeded in taking their own life? Why do you think suicide rates are on the rise?
(Score: 4, Interesting) by LVDOVICVS on Friday June 08 2018, @08:12PM (1 child)
Since 1990?
I came of age a decade earlier, during the Reagan administration. I remember a local news show talking about a new restaurant opening that was hiring 15 waiters and having 500 people show up to apply.
The problem is that somewhere along the line America became the land of greed. Why it should be acceptable for a small percentage of the population to own a vast proportion of the assets infuriates me. I can tolerate someone being a little better off, but the gross disparity between the wealthy and the poor is an obscenity.
(Score: 5, Interesting) by VLM on Friday June 08 2018, @08:18PM
If, as a relatively poor dude, I could live a Star Trek standard of living, eh, don't care how much some rich dude has...
Thats the problem with economic decline. Increase the ratio by ten, as long as poor people double, who cares, that was the USA in 1890. Increase the ratio by ten while the economy halves at the bottom, welcome to the French Revolution...