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Suicide Rate Climbs by 30 Percent in Kansas as Government Slashes Mental Health Budgets

October 21, 2013
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment recently released a startling report [ http://www.kdheks.gov/hci/as/2012/AS_2012.pdf ] (PDF) showing a 30 percent increase in suicides from 2011. Nationwide, the number of deaths by suicide surpassed the number of deaths by motor vehicle accidents [ http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6217a1.htm ] in 2009, the most recent year for which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provided data.
The Wichita Eagle reports [ http://www.kansas.com/2013/10/20/3068874/suicide-rate-climbs-by-30-percent.html ] that the largest increase in suicides in Kansas occurred among white males, who already were the segment of the population most likely to take their own lives. More than 80 percent of suicides in Kansas last year were men, ...
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http://www.thenation.com/blog/176745/suicide-rate-climbs-30-percent-kansas-government-slashes-mental-health-budgets [with comments]

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