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Overall suicide rates of black slaves in the United States are believed to have been comparatively low, in part due to cultural beliefs common to both Africa and African-American communities. [3] Africa has the lowest suicide rate of any continent, and the suicide rate of African-descended Americans is a fraction of that of European-descended ...
This group had the highest age-adjusted 2021 suicide rate and experienced the highest relative percentage change from 2018 to 2021 (from 22.3 to 28.1 per 100,000), the CDC data said.
In 2015, suicide was the seventh leading cause of death for males and the 14th leading cause of death for females. [19] It was the second leading cause of death for young people aged 10 to 34. [ 20 ] From 1999 to 2010, the suicide rate among Americans aged 35 to 64 increased nearly 30 percent.
African Americans have higher rates of mortality than does any other racial or ethnic group for 8 of the top 10 causes of death. [32] The cancer incidence rate among African Americans is 10% higher than among European Americans [33] and the mortality rate from asthma is twice the rate of European Americans. [34]
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Data released Friday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that after a two-year decline in the number of suicides in the United States, those deaths went back up in 2021 and ...
The suicide rate for African Americans has increased more than twofold since 1981. A national survey of high school students conducted in 1999 reported that Hispanic students are twice as likely to report attempted suicide as white students. [8] From 2003 to 2023, the suicide rate for Black youth increased faster than any other racial or ethnic ...
Suicide rates went down for both younger men and women, but rose for older age groups. There were nearly four times as many suicides for men as women. CDC report reveals suicide rates have ...