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Urban–rural Differences in Suicide Rates, by Sex and Three Leading Methods: United States, 2000–2018

NCHS Data Brief No. 373, August 2020

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Kristen Pettrone, M.D., M.P.H., and Sally C. Curtin, M.A.

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  • From 2000 through 2018, rural suicide rates were higher than urban suicide rates, and the difference increased over the period.
  • For both males and females, the difference in suicide rates between rural and urban areas widened over the 2000 through 2018 period.
  • For males, rural firearm-related suicides rates remained higher than urban rates over the 2000 through 2018 period, while suffocation-related suicide rates increased the most in both urban and rural areas.
  • For females, rural firearm-related suicide rates remained higher than urban rates over the 2000 through 2018 period, while suffocation rates in rural areas experienced the highest rate of increase.
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Tags: females, firearms, males, rural, self inflicted, suffocation, urban

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