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Federal data show workers in the most dangerous occupations also have the highest suicide rates, the CDC reports.
Veterinarians have high suicide rates in comparison to the general population. [56] A study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that male veterinarians are 2.1 times and female veterinarians are 3.5 times as likely as the general population to die by suicide. [56]
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Occupations with the highest suicide rates Nationwide, the suicide rate in 2021 was 32 per 100,000 for men and eight per 100,000 for women, the CDC said. Here's the list by job and industry (not ...
The suicide mortality rate is about the same among male and female doctors, [2] and significantly higher than the general population. [3] [citation needed] Female physicians are at higher risk of attempting suicide than men, [2] [4] showing rates over 250% higher among women and about 70% higher among men versus the general population. In the ...
Suicide is a major national public health issue in the United States. The country has one of the highest suicide rates among wealthy nations. [1] In 2020, there were 45,799 recorded suicides, [2] up from 42,773 in 2014, according to the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).
Trigger warning: suicide Dr. John Ellis reportedly requested a large dose of a drug used to euthanize pets from a colleague, claiming he needed it to put down a friend’s “large dog.”
Canada, a country with a comparatively low suicide rate overall at 10.3 incidents per 100,000 people in 2016, exhibits one such discrepancy. When comparing the suicide rate of Indigenous peoples in Canada, the rate of suicide increases to 24.3 incidents per 100,000 people in 2016, [18] a rate among the ten highest in the world. There are ...