“More people died from suicide in the United States last year than any other year on record, according to provisional data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. At least 49,449...
“More people died from suicide in the United States last year than any other year on record, according to provisional data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
At least 49,449 lives were lost due to intentional self-harm in 2022 — nearly 15 deaths for every 100,000 people.”
For many regions we're seeing an increase in statistical deaths by suicide that's largely not real, but a result of delays in recording and reporting - partly because the impact of covid has been...
For many regions we're seeing an increase in statistical deaths by suicide that's largely not real, but a result of delays in recording and reporting - partly because the impact of covid has been so severe.
But it seems like this is using provisional data, and that's not as susceptible to that kind of data problem, so this increase is probably real. If anything, the number may be higher because of delays in reporting.
About Mortality Data Sources:
The provisional deaths are based on a current flow of mortality data in the National Vital Statistics System. National provisional counts include deaths occurring within the 50 states and the District of Columbia that have been received and coded as of the date specified. It is important to note that it can take several weeks for death records to be submitted to National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), processed, coded, and tabulated. Therefore, the provisional data may be incomplete, and will likely not include all deaths that occurred during a given time period, especially for the more recent time periods. Death counts for earlier weeks are continually revised and may increase or decrease as new and updated death certificate data are received from the states by NCHS. For more information, see Technical Notes for Provisional Mortality below.
“More people died from suicide in the United States last year than any other year on record, according to provisional data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
At least 49,449 lives were lost due to intentional self-harm in 2022 — nearly 15 deaths for every 100,000 people.”
Link from inside the article showing data including causes of death. https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/suicide-data-statistics.html
For many regions we're seeing an increase in statistical deaths by suicide that's largely not real, but a result of delays in recording and reporting - partly because the impact of covid has been so severe.
But it seems like this is using provisional data, and that's not as susceptible to that kind of data problem, so this increase is probably real. If anything, the number may be higher because of delays in reporting.