U.S. Suicide Rate Increasing

Monday, October 20, 2008 - 23:28 in Psychology & Sociology

A new study finds that the rate of suicide in the United States is increasing for the first time in a decade. The increase in the overall suicide rate between 1999 and 2005 was due primarily to an increase in suicides among whites aged 40-64, with white middle-aged women experiencing the largest annual increase.

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