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Suicide rates

JAMA Network Open

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported a decrease in the 2019 suicide rate, from 14.2 per 100 000 individuals in 2018 to 13.9 per 100 000 individuals in 2019, representing 833 fewer suicides.1 This is the first national year-over-year decrease since 1999, but efforts need to consider trends among subgroups. Growing concerns regarding increasing rates of suicides among Black youth2 led us to examine subgroup trends over the past 2 decades.

Trends in Suicide Rates by Race and Ethnicity in the United States