U.S. Suicides Reached a Record High Last Year

America’s mental-health crisis drove suicides to a record-high number last year. 

Nearly 50,000 people in the U.S. lost their lives to suicide in 2022, according to a provisional tally from the National Center for Health Statistics. The agency said the final count would likely be higher. The suicide rate of 14.3 deaths per 100,000 people reached its highest level since 1941.