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Experts caution that suicide is complicated, and that recent increases might be driven by higher rates of depression or limited availability of mental health services.

About 49,500 people took their own lives last year in the U.S., the highest number ever, according to new government data posted Thursday.

About 49,500 people took their own lives last year in the U.S., the highest number ever, according to new government data.

About 49,500 people took their own lives last year in the U.S., the highest number ever. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has not yet calculated a suicide rate for the year. But available data suggests suicides are more common in the U.S. than at any time since the dawn of World War II.

About 49,500 people took their own lives last year in the U.S., the highest number ever, according to new government data posted Thursday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which posted the numbers, has not yet calculated a suicide rate for the year, but available data suggests suicides are more common in the U.S.…

Recent increases may be driven by a range of factors, including higher rates of depression and limited access to mental health services.

Suicide attempts involving guns end in death far more often than those with other means, and gun sales have boomed — placing firearms in more and more homes. | World News

About 49,500 people took their own lives last year in the U.S., the highest number ever. That's according to new government data posted Thursday.

U.S. suicides steadily rose from the early 2000s until 2018, when the national rate hit its highest level since 1941.

Experts caution that suicide is complicated, and that recent increases might be driven by higher rates of depression or limited mental health care.