(Springfield, IL) — In the scope of things, Illinois’ 23 percent increase in the state’s suicide rate isn’t as bad as it could have been. The CDC released a report yesterday that showed the nation’s suicide rate jumped 25 percent between 1999 and 2016. But some states, including some of Illinois’ neighbors, saw rate increases closer to 40 percent. The CDC report does not list a single cause as the driving factor for the dramatic increase.
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Benjamin Yount/acb IL)
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