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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 09 2018, @02:01AM
Not to mention employers that simply treat employees as unappreciated worthless dirt. Employers these days expect 24hour a day dick sucking service, tighten the thumb screws a little more each day, want a single person that does the work of 5, would happily give American jobs to some brain damaged monkey in India, they don't even think to ask if we would work for the same number of peanuts. And this is all considered standard operating procedure. Soaring health insurance costs and taxes. Yea, what's not to be depressed about?