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Changes in Suicide Rates — United States, 2019 and 2020

Mar 10, 2022
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Changes in Suicide Rates — United States, 2019 and 2020, in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Review


key takeaway: "From 2019 to 2020, the suicide rate declined overall by 3%, including 8% among females and 2% among males. Rates declined in large metropolitan areas and seven states; rates by fall, poisoning, and suffocation also declined. Demographic disparities in suicide persist, as evidenced by increasing rates among persons aged 25–34 years, Hispanic males, and non-Hispanic multiracial females."

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