Sharp Increase Found in U.S. Suicide Rates, Highest In 30 Years

Suicide rates in the United States have dramatically increased, reaching its highest level after 30 years, according to studies. As there are various groups of people who are engaging in self-slaughtering, it was found that majority of suicide victims are young girls.

Suicides Becomes More Common In Women

Suicide rates for women from 45 to 64 years old increased by 63 percent over the duration of the study, while the most abrupt increase in men in the same age group was observed, with a 43 percent growth. The study, published by the National Center for Health Statistics, noted that suicide rates in the U.S. increased by 24 percent between 1999 and 2014.

In 2014, 150 young girls who committed suicide were recorded, which tripled in numbers from 1999's count of 50. The statistician and author of the report, Sally Curtin, revealed that the said rate is something to be worried about as it evidently increases.

The Problems White Americans Are Suffering

According to the New York Times, the evidence of the examination revealed the problems white Americans have been going through the past decades. The dilemma of being less educated has been affecting these people that made them want to opt for suicide.

They are trying to kill themselves by drug overdosing, liver disease and alcohol poisoning. These have been documented to be done mostly by those persons who attained a high school education or less.

The Decrease And Increase Of Suicide Rates

There were antidepressants emerged in the late 1980s that made suicide rates decreased, said Dr. Maria Oguendo, a psychiatry professor at Columbia University Medical Center and president-elect of the American Psychiatric Association. Oguendo added that it worked effectively and carried fewer side effects, NPR reported.

In fact, that time, there were smaller amounts of prescribed antidepressants and reported suicides in other countries. "It was really very remarkable, and somehow that trend toward decreasing suicide rates abruptly stopped in 1999," Dr. Oguendo explained.

Suicide One Of The Main Costs Of Death

There are about 42,000 people in the United States who is committing suicide yearly, as per Ironton Tribune, via Maine News Online. That makes suicide became the 10^th leading cause of the death in the country, as analyzed by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

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