Risk factors for loneliness: A literature review, in Social Science and Medicine
key takeaway: "Socio-demographic factors have mostly indirect links to loneliness. Social network characteristics and partner status matter the most for loneliness. Many risk factors for loneliness are interrelated and impact each other."
Age-Adjusted Suicide Rates, by Method of Suicide — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2001–2021, in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Review
key takeaway: "During 2001–2021, age-adjusted suicide rates involving firearms, suffocation, and other methods generally increased, and those involving poisoning decreased. Rates of firearm-related suicide were stable from 2001 (5.9 deaths per 100,000 population) to 2006 (5.5), and then increased through 2021 (7.5). Rates of suffocation-related suicide increased from 2.2 deaths in 2001 to 4.3 in 2018, and then decreased slightly through 2021 (3.8). After a period of increasing and then stable rates during 2001–2016, suicide rates attributed to poisoning decreased from 2.0 in 2016 to 1.6 in 2021. Firearm-related suicide had the highest rates during the period."