From 1999 through 2017, the age-adjusted suicide rate increased 33 percent, from 10.5 to 14.0 per 100,000. The age-adjusted suicide rate for the most urban counties in 2017 was 16 percent higher than in 1999, while the rate for the most rural counties in 2017 was 53 percent higher than the comparable rate in 1999.
The suicide rate for females increased 53 percent from 1999 to 2017 -- increasing on average by 3 percent per year over the last decade. For males this change has been smaller, but the suicide rate itself is almost four times greater than that for females. Suicide became the second leading cause of death for ages 10–34 in 2016.
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