CDC finds suicide rates increasing among American workers

Published November 15, 2018 6:00pm ET



Suicide rates have jumped by more than a third since 2000 among working Americans.

A report published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that the suicide rate increased 34 percent during 2000 to 2016, based on a sample size of 22,053 people between the ages of 16-64 years old who died by suicide.

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