Suicide rates fell in 2019 and 2020. Experts are concerned that the uptick last year may represent a return to normal.
It's a sign, experts say, that suicide rates are inching back up to levels seen before the pandemic.
There had been hope among experts that suicide rates had perhaps peaked in 2018, after steadily rising for nearly two decades. Numbers fell slightly in both 2019 and 2020. "In 2019, something changed," she said."We'll never know if it's because we were doing something right or not." "People were looking after each other" early on in the pandemic, she said. Families were also largely gathered together in their homes, working and studying remotely. People tend to die by suicide when others aren't around, Cerel said.The report found that males ages 15 to 24 continue to be at higher risk than other groups. In 2021, there were 24.1 suicides per 100,000 people in this group, up from 22.4 per 100,000 in 2020, an increase of 8%.
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