SUICIDE RATES

A new report from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Florida’s suicide rate increased almost 11 percent from 1999 to 2016. Nationally, the report showed a 25.4 percent increase during the period, with only Nevada seeing a decrease in its suicide rate. With nearly 45,000 suicides across the country in 2016, the report described suicide as a growing public health problem and said a variety of factors contributed to the increase. In all, 25 states saw increases in their suicide rates that exceeded 30 percent.

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