Suicides Fell by 2,600 in 2020, Despite Donald Trump's Lockdown Warnings
Suicides Fell by 2,600 in 2020, Despite Donald Trump's Lockdown Warnings
BY AILA SLISCO ON 4/1/21 at Newsweek
https://www.newsweek.com/suicides-fell-2600-2020-despite-donald-trumps-lockdown-warnings-1580585
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Suicide rates dropped in 2020 despite former President Donald Trump warning that COVID-19 lockdowns would lead to an increasing number of people taking their own lives.
Total U.S. suicides for 2020 numbered 44,834, over 2,600 fewer deaths than 2019's total of 47,511, according to National Center for Health Statistics figures cited in an article published Wednesday by the Journal of the American Medical Association. A smaller decrease of around 800 happened between 2018 and 2019.
COVID-19 was the third leading cause of death in 2020, responsible for 345,323 deaths. The top cause of death, heart disease, increased by roughly 31,000 deaths from 659,041 deaths in 2019 to 690,882 deaths in 2020. Cancer remained the second most common cause, slightly decreasing from 599,601 deaths in 2019 to 598,932 deaths in 2020.
The numbers appear to be at odds with predictions from Trump and others who warned of a massive spike in suicides caused by imposing public health restrictions amid the pandemic. Although restrictions did go into effect in most states last spring, they do not seem to have inspired any excess number of suicides.
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