About 49,500 people took their own lives last year in the U.S., the highest number ever, according to new government data.
ve to be able to do something. Something that we’re not doing. Because whatever we’re doing right now is not helping.”
But a main driver is the growing availability of guns, said Jill Harkavy-Friedman, senior vice president of research at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. The rate fell slightly in 2019. It dropped again in 2020, during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some expertsseen in the early stages of wars and natural disasters, when people pull together and support each other.
The largest increases were seen in older adults. Deaths rose nearly 7% in people ages 45 to 64, and more than 8% in people 65 and older. White men, in particular, have very high rates, the CDC said.
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