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Across the Country, Older Men Are Dying at Higher Rates of Gun Suicide. Here’s What that Looks Like in Maine.
Piscataquis County’s gun suicide rate among adults 70+ is 38 per 100,000, far exceeding Maine’s overall rate of 16, driven by poverty, isolation, and high rural gun ownership.
Summary by Portland Press Herald
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Across the country, older men are dying at higher rates of gun suicide. Here’s what that looks like in Maine.
More older Mainers died by gun suicide than they did in car crashes over a 15-year period. The numbers represent a troubling trend playing out in rural communities across the country.
·Portland, United States
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