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Why is suicide on the rise in the US – but falling in most of Europe?

  • Written by Steven Stack, Professor of Criminal Justice, Wayne State University
The US suicide rate rose 30.4 percent between 1999 and 2015. hikrcn/shutterstock

Suicide now ranks in the top 10 leading causes of death in the U.S.

In 2015, 44,193 Americans died by their own hand. That was more than the number killed in motor vehicle accidents (37,757) and over twice the number who died through homicide (17,793).

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