The New Hampshire Occupational Health Surveillance Program recently completed their analysis of New Hampshire suicide death cases from 2018 to 2022 by demographics and employment (industry and occupation).
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Approximately 18% of fatal suicides involved a dependence on alcohol and people who drink are much more likely to have an increased risk of suicide.
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While NH’s suicide mortality rate of 16.4/100k population is above the national average of 14 deaths/100,000 people, the Granite State has a special distinction in suicide prevention.
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Years, suicide rates in the US have been increasing. Surprisingly, that trend reversed in the first year of the pandemic, according to a report from the Federal Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC). The declines were in most age groups except for young people;though even in that group, suicides did not increase as much as earlier feared.
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