Suicides among youngAmericans, whose mental health problems during the coronavirus pandemic reached crisis proportions, declined sharply in 2022, while rates for older groups — especially men — rose, according to data released by the government Wednesday.
The increase in suicides among people older than 35 was responsible for an overall 1 percent rise in the suicide rate to a record high of14.3 per 100,000 people since 2021, according to provisional data released by the National Center for Health Statistics. The total number of suicides last year — 49,449 — rose by 3 percent and is expected to increase further when final data is available.
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