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Suicide rates in the US are on the rise. A new study offers surprising reasons why

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After a long, steady decline in national suicide rates, those numbers began steadily ticking up in the late 1990s and have generally risen ever since, with nearly 50,000 people in the U.S. taking their own lives in 2022, up 3% from the previous year.

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Phys.org

Suicide rates in the US are on the rise. A new study offers surprising reasons why

3 months ago·United Kingdom

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University of Colorado Boulder

Suicide rates in the U.S. are on the rise: A new study offers

Increased access to prescription opioids and a shrinking economic safety net contributed to an increase in suicide rates in the 21st Century, according to new CU Boulder research.

3 months ago·Boulder, United States

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