Suicide rates in the US are highest among elderly men, and most involve guns, CDC report says | CNN
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The suicide rate in the United States spiked in 2021, reversing two years of decline, and rates among older men were especially high, a new report says.

Senior men have higher rates of suicide than average, and firearms were involved in more than three-quarters of those deaths in 2021, according to a CDC report

  • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
    15·
    1 year ago

    I imagine in many cases depression caused by their failing bodies and inability to lead a happy life due to it. That and their partner probably recently dying.