135 people killed themselves every day last year as US suicide rates remained at record high READ MORE: Global suicide report shows US outpaces Finland and Australia For help and support call the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline on 988 By Luke Andrews Senior Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 15:00 EDT, 26 September 2024 | Updated: 15:00 EDT, 26 September 2024 e-mail View comments Nearly six Americans killed themselves every hour last year, data suggests — as suicide rates in the US remained near their highest level in the nation's history. Provisional data from the CDC showed 49,300 deaths by suicide were recorded in 2023, similar to the 49,500 registered the year before — one of the highest numbers on record.
A full report published today on suicide data from 2022, the latest year for which there are complete numbers, shows a five percent rise in suicides among middle-aged women over a year — the group most likely to die by suicide among women. And a four percent rise among men over 75 years old, who are also most likely to die by suicide among their sex. While the number of suicides remained steady from 2022 to 2023, it was generally on the rise and was up 20 percent from a decade ago and double the number from two decades ago.
Suicide rates in the US have been increasing for nearly 20 years , aside from a two-year drop at the start of the Covid pandemic, with experts saying today's figures may be 'cautiously promising' as they suggest suicides are no longer ris.
