Suicide rising across the US | VitalSigns | CDC

Suicide rising across the US | VitalSigns | CDC

According to this month’s Vital Signs—

• Nearly 45,000 lives were lost to suicide in 2016, with rates increasing more than 30% in half of the states since 1999.
• More than half of people who die by suicide had no known mental health condition at the time of death.
• Health departments can work with communities to put in place a comprehensive suicide prevention program using CDC’s Preventing Suicide: A Technical Package of Policy, Programs, and Practices.

Interested in learning more? Join us for a Vital Signs Town Hall Teleconference on Tuesday, June 12, at 2–3 pm (EDT).