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The U.S. suicide rate inched lower last year for the first time in more than a decade, according to new preliminary data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The decrease was small ...
Suicide is a major national public health issue in the United States. The country has one of the highest suicide rates among wealthy nations. [1] In 2020, there were 45,799 recorded suicides, [2] up from 42,773 in 2014, according to the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).
Since the 1990s, three Colorado massacres in the Denver metropolitan area have garnered national attention: the Columbine High School massacre in 1999, which resulted in 15 deaths (including the post-massacre suicides by the two perpetrators); the Aurora shooting in 2012, which resulted in 12 deaths; and the 2021 Boulder shooting, which resulted in 10 deaths.
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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.
On May 23, 2023, the family settled with Clear Creek County, the state of Colorado, Georgetown, Colorado and Idaho Springs for a total of $19 million—the largest settlement for a police killing in Colorado history. In addition, the Clear Creek Sheriff's Department will be required to establish a crisis intervention team and train the entire ...
Gun death rates per 100,000 people Location Gun suicide rate Suicide rate Gun homicide rate Homicide rate % gun at home United States 7.9: 14.5: 6.3: 7.8 [a] Wyoming 23.7: 32.8
The Violence Policy Center analyzed data from Jan. 1-June 30, 2021, finding there were 258 murder-suicide events resulting in 588 murder-suicide deaths, of which 258 were suicides and 330 were ...