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Nearly 50,000 Americans took their own lives in 2022, the highest number on record, provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Thursday showed, as the suicide epidemic in the U.S. reaches a grim new mark.
Death by suicide in the U.S. increased by 2.6% between 2021 and 2022, according to provisional data … [+]
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Some 49,449 Americans died by suicide in 2022, provisional data from the CDC released Thursday showed, up 2.6% from 2021 when 48,183 died by suicide.
Adults 65 and…
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