Suicide rates at highest level since World War II…

(AXIOS) – U.S. suicide rates are at the highest level since World War II, according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report, per Bloomberg’s Cynthia Koons. From 2000 to 2006, the suicide rate in the U.S. increased by an average of about 1% a year.

From 2006 through 2016, it increased by 2% a year. There were 1.4 million suicide attempts in 2017 and 47,000 deaths. Despite an improvement of material well-being, emotional distress in the U.S. has reached “crisis levels,” according to the CDC. FULL REPORT