'More than a mental health concern': Nationwide increase in suicides prompts new questions

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wjla.com - by Leandra Bernstein - June 8, 2018

The deaths of fashion designer Kate Spade and celebrity chef and author Anthony Bourdain put a spotlight on suicide in a week when new official statistics showing the rate of suicides in the United States is increasing were released.

Behind the deaths of two cultural figures is the fact that more than 120 Americans commits suicide every day, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . . . 

. . . Across the entire country, the suicide rate increased by 25 percent from 1999 through 2016.

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