A general view of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia September 30, 2014.
Over half of all U.S. suicides in 2022 involved firearms, according to the figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The new suicide death data reported by CDC illustrates why," U.S. Health Secretary Xavier Becerra said in a statement.
The suicide rate in 2022 — 14.9 deaths for every 100,000 people — is 5% higher than the previous record high of 14.2 deaths for every 100,000 people from 2018.
Suicide deaths rose from 48,183 in 2021 to an estimated 49,449 deaths in 2022, CDC said.
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Tami Chappell, Xavier Becerra, Kanishka Singh, Cynthia Osterman
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Centers for Disease Control, Prevention, REUTERS, CDC, U.S . Health, Thomson
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Atlanta , Georgia, U.S, America, Washington