The suicide rate increase from 2020 to 2021 was the highest in two decades.
April 13, 2023, 12:01 AMSTOCK PHOTO/Getty ImagesThere were 48,183 people who died by suicide in 2021, according to aIt comes after two consecutive years of declines and is an increase of 4.7% from the 45,979 deaths recorded in 2020. It's also the highest number recorded since 2018, when 48,344 Americans died by suicide.What's more, the total rate hit 14.1 per 100,000, slightly less than the 14.2 per 100,000 in 2018.
Males were found to be more greatly affected, with rates increasing for those aged 15 to 24, 25 to 44, 65 to 74, and 75 and older.
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