Suicides decreased during pandemic, defying expectations, while drug overdoses increased

By David Hogberg

Published April 1, 2021 2:33pm ET

Suicides decreased during pandemic, defying expectations, while drug overdoses increased — An emergency counseling hotline set up in the middle of the Golden Gate Bridge is pictured out of order on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2005, in San Francisco. About 1,200 people have jumped to their deaths from the bridge since it opened in 1937, according to an analysis of public records by the San Francisco Chronicle. | (Noah Berger/Bloomberg News)

Suicides declined in 2020, according to new data from the National Center for Health Statistics.

The finding on suicides is something of a surprise, given the considerable concern among many medical professionals that the isolation caused by the coronavirus pandemic would lead to a rise in people killing themselves.

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