Total deaths by suicide decreased 5.6 percent, from 47,511 in 2019, to 44,834 in 2020, according to the data.
COVID-19 represented the third-leading cause of death in the U.S. last year, behind heart disease and cancer. Suicide was the 12th-eading cause of death in 2020.
The data is based on information from the CDC’s National Vital Statistics System, which collects and documents annual mortality statistics from death certificates.
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