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09/17/2018 / By Ralph Flores

Suicide rates in the U.S. seriously underestimated because “drug intoxication suicides” are misclassified, according to public health expert

Suicide rates in the U.S. have increased over the past decade, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Between 2000 to 2016, it jumped by 34 percent — a high point, according to experts. However, a study made by a team of researchers from West Virginia University states that this number is […]

08/05/2018 / By Edsel Cook

CDC: Rising rates of suicide becoming a “national problem”

A federal agency warned that suicide is becoming a national problem. In an article in The Washington Post, the rate of suicide has been rising steadily in almost all U.S. states since 1996. The increases applied to all ages, ethnicities, genders, and races. To make matters worse, more than half of the people who took […]

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