The increased suicide rates follow a two-year decrease from 2018 to 2020, according to the National Center for Health Statistics report.
New data shows the suicide rate increased between 2020 and 2022, with firearms as the leading means, despite an age-adjusted decline in suicide rates from 2018 to 2020.In the report, released Thursday from the National Center for Health Statistics, data showed suicide was the 11th leading cause of death for all ages in the United States in 2022.
In the same time frame, rates decreased for boys aged 10 to 14 and 15 to 24 but generally increased for older age groups. 'The suicide rate for males was three to four times the rate for females across the period,' the report added.For males and females in 2022, firearm-related suicide was the leading means of suicide, with rates generally increasing since 2006 and 2007, respectively.Previously, between 2002 and 2015, poisoning was the leading means of suicide for females.
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