Experts caution that suicide is complicated, and that recent increases might be driven by higher rates of depression or limited availability of mental health services

About 49,500 people took their own lives last year in the U.S., the highest number ever, according to new government data posted Thursday.

  • jarfil@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    BS. Lemmy is extremely US-centric. The world is 8 billion, the US is not even 1:20 of that. Go take a look at Lemmy’s “All” feed, it’s more like 20:1 for the US.