MIDLIFE CRISIS-19, Saturday, August 12, 2023 - *Forty-nine Thousand, Four-hundred, Forty-nine (49,449).
*That is the number of Americans, most of whom are men, 39,255, or 79.38%, who committed suicide in 2022, a 2.60% increase from 2021 (1.).
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Life can get hard, even mind bending at times, but this is not the solution.
I have been through some ---- in my life - in childhood and in my adult life - perhaps a fleeting thought, but not ever an option.
Call or texted me at 713.302.1165, let us talk it out.
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"Provisional Suicide Deaths in the United States, 2022
"Today, CDC is releasing the latest provisional estimates for suicide deaths in the United States in 2022. After declining in 2019 and 2020, suicide deaths increased approximately 5% in the United States in 2021. The provisional estimates released today indicate that suicide deaths further increased in 2022, rising from 48,183 deaths in 2021 to an estimated 49,449 deaths in 2022, an increase of approximately 2.6%. However, two groups did see a decline in numbers, American Indian and Alaska Native people (down 6.1%) and people 10-24 years old (down 8.4%) (1.)."
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*Forty-nine thousand, four-hundred, forty-nine (49,449).
- Matfucius
1.) https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2023/US-Suicide-Deaths-2022.html?fbclid=IwAR197-x1fgd1TUsm_wqCiNuJtW81wpw-ortVgdhBatSOhfMEy9FsqV4OU9A
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