The recent CDC report makes one thing very clear: We have a national crisis on our hands.
“The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report on suicide rates in this country in early May, and the news was shocking. From 1999 to 2010, the age-adjusted suicide rate for 35- to 64-year-olds in the United States was up by 28.4 percent (to 17.6 per 100,000).
:Over all, men have a higher rate (27.3 per 100,000) than women (8.1 per 100,000). But most distressing was the demographic where the greatest spike occurred: baby boomers. For men 50 to 54, the increase was 49.4 percent, and 47.8 percent for those 55 to 59. Rates for women increased with age, with a truly disturbing uptick among those 60 to 64 years: That number had jumped 59.7 percent.”
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