A new study published in the American Journal of Public Health finds that suicides have replaced car accidents as the leading cause of injury-related death in the U.S., partly because deaths from automobile accidents are down but also by the fact that the suicide rate has increased. Between 2000 and 2009, according to data from the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, deaths by suicide went up by 15%. According to the study’s author, Professor Ian Rockett, an epidemiologist at West Virginia University, “Suicides are terribly undercounted; I think the problem is much worse than official data would lead us to believe.” He added “there may be 20 percent or more unrecognized suicides.”
Last year, a report by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention found that “suicide rates in the U.S. tend to rise during recessions and fall amid economic booms.” In Europe, a recent wave of “suicides by economic crisis” has been well-documented. In Greece, the suicide rate among men increased more than 24 percent from 2007 to 2009, government statistics show. In Ireland during the same period, suicides among men rose more than 16 percent. In Italy, suicides motivated by economic difficulties have increased 52 percent - evidence of overwhelming human devastation and tragedy of the recession.
Last year, a report by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention found that “suicide rates in the U.S. tend to rise during recessions and fall amid economic booms.” In Europe, a recent wave of “suicides by economic crisis” has been well-documented. In Greece, the suicide rate among men increased more than 24 percent from 2007 to 2009, government statistics show. In Ireland during the same period, suicides among men rose more than 16 percent. In Italy, suicides motivated by economic difficulties have increased 52 percent - evidence of overwhelming human devastation and tragedy of the recession.
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