Suicide rates in the US are highest among elderly men, and most involve guns, CDC report says | CNN
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The suicide rate in the United States spiked in 2021, reversing two years of decline, and rates among older men were especially high, a new report says.

Senior men have higher rates of suicide than average, and firearms were involved in more than three-quarters of those deaths in 2021, according to a CDC report

  • DancingYetiCrab@lemm.ee
    34·
    1 year ago

    It’s not a distraction though.

    The vast majority of attempted suicide survivors regret ever trying. They get help and live better lives.

    When someone is in a bad state of mind or having a depressed episode that is the time when they are most vulnerable.

    Having easy access to an immediate life ending device with the squeeze of a trigger is a major problem.

    This is the reason jump nets and barriers work on bridges. Making it slightly harder or more inconvenient to kill themselves saves lives.