Study predicts US suicide surge

(RT) ⸻ The number of Americans who committed suicide in 2021 increased to 48,183, the highest figure registered in the country since 2018. The CDC did not give specific reasons for the increase, which pushed the rate up to 14.2 per 100,000 citizens. The study also looked at those who took their own lives in 2021 from the perspective of race and ethnicity, revealing that the highest rate of suicides was among American Indians and Alaska Natives. African Americans aged between 10 and 24 years saw the suicide rate increase significantly, from 8.2 in 2018 to 11.2 in 2021, or by 36.6%. The only group which saw a decrease in self-killings during the four-year period were white Americans.