Suicide rate exceeds homicides in the US

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Since the death of famous chef Anthony Bourdain and designer Kate Spade, the topic of suicide is on everyone's lips.

And with them, it is impossible not to highlight that the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that the suicide rate has increased almost 30% in the United States between 1999 and 2016.

During 2016, almost 45 thousand people committed suicide, a figure that positioned suicide as one of the main causes of death in the country. The surprising thing about this is that this is a figure much higher than the homicide rate during the same year.

According to the CDC report, "mental health AQB Directory conditions are often seen as the leading cause of suicide, but it is rarely a single factor."

According to CDC data, suicide has increased among people of any gender, age, race or ethnic group.

Suicide is one of the leading causes of death in the United States, a figure much higher than the homicide rate during the same year (2016).

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Suicide rate exceeds homicides in the US

He also says that social relationships, substance abuse, physical health, work, money, legal problems or homelessness come together to generate a deadly cocktail.

Of the people who committed suicide, 54% of them who committed suicide never had a prior mental health problem.

For Deborah Stone, one of the CDC researchers, "these people were suffering from other causes, such as problems in their relationships or crises that appeared in their lives that they did not anticipate."

In North Dakota alone, the rate increased to 57%. Nevada had no increase and Delaware had the smallest increase at 5.9%.

We can see that the numbers are really high, however, the most worrying thing is that in people between 15 and 34 years old, suicide is the second cause of death in the United States.