Suicide Rates Are Up 30 Percent Since 1999, CDC Says (nbcnews.com)

New submitter Austerity Empowers writes: Amidst all the name calling and straw man arguments about the overall health of America, sometimes it helps to look at data from people who sacrificed everything based on their perception of reality. Whatever politics you subscribe to, the feeling of hopelessness is evidently real, and frightening. NBC News: "Suicide rates are up by 30 percent across the nation since 1999, federal health officials reported Thursday. And only about half the people who died by suicide had a known mental health condition, even though depression had been thought to be the major cause of suicide, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. While many cases of mental illness may have been diagnosed, the CDC also noted that relationship stress, financial troubles and substance abuse were contributing to the trends."

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[Anonymous Coward]

if people want to kill them selves - why it it your concern?

people might not like their life, for what ever reason....

if they want to commit suicide - let them...

oh wait - "RIGHT TO LIFE" - everyone must live...

but the human race has no issues killing every other animal on the planet

Re:How surprising,...

[vivian]

There is no real "left" in the US. your choices are right and far right. with varying degrees of authoritarian.

https://politicalcompass.org/u...

Re: How surprising,...

[jedidiah]

> So since you can name a few rich guys who committed suicide, that means suicide has nothing to do woth social inequalities? Ok.

It contradicts your fantasy. That's what your narrative is. It's a total fantasy backed up by nothing. The mega corps push it because it sells ads. You push it because it suits your political agenda.

Even rich people get poisoned by this nonsense and fixate on class envy while ignoring their own relative good fortune.

Beyond that, the liberal media actively sabotages sane financial behavior. They encourage people to financially harm themselves. This sabotages upward mobility. They are a big part of this so-called problem.