CDC Data Shows Suicide Rates for Working Aged People up 33%

CDC data shows that Suicide rate for working age people has gone up 33% making it higher that it was 20 years ago.

Data from 49 states were used to calculate suicide rates by sex for all major and detailed industry and occupational groups. Major industry groups with the highest suicide rates included Mining; Construction; Other Services; Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation; and Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, and Hunting. Major occupation groups with higher suicide rates included Construction and Extraction; Farming, Fishing, and Forestry; Personal Care and Service; Installation, Maintenance, and Repair; and Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media.

Study finds 32.0 and 8.0 suicide deaths per 100,000 working men, women (medicalxpress.com)