Rural suicides remain high, and rate is increasing - Entrepreneur Generations

Though most suicides occur in urban areas, rural suicide rates have remained high over the past decade and are increasing faster than rates in all sizes of metropolitan counties, according to an analysis by University of Southern California researchers of data by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  Part of that is because rural residents have limited access to mental health care, underscoring the need for more treatment resources in those areas.

The USC researchers broke the data down into a host of easily digestible graphics. Click here to see them.

USC graphic; click on the image to enlarge it.

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