"The number in 2022 is the highest ever recorded in the U.S."

Sally Curtin, a statistician at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics, regarding a new report she authored that found that at least 49,449 people died from suicide last year in the U.S., a 3 percent increase from the year prior. The report is based on provisional data, so Curtin expects the final number to actually be higher than the current amount. (NPR — Nov. 29, 2023)