Suicides in the US fell by nearly 6% last year, according to preliminary data, despite concerns that the coronavirus pandemic could lead to an increase in the types of death.
The percentage decline of national suicides is the largest in at least four decades, though the number can change as death certificates are still outstanding.
The preliminary figures were released in a recent report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which said the suicides last year dropped below 45,000.
Suicides had risen steadily from the early 2000s, peaking in 2018 at the highest level since 1941.
In 2019 suicide rates fell, and, preliminarily, the downward trend appears to have continued in 2020.
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