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CDC: U.S. Suicide Rate Fell Before COVID-19 Pandemic, But Prevention More Important Than Ever

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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Feb. 26 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, after increasing for 13 years, the U.S. suicide rate dropped overall by 2% between 2018 and 2019. But the report cautioned those figures do not account for the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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