[101km]

I can't decide if celebrity suicides are just more frequently reported these days or suicides overall have actually increased because we live in, what we collectively perceive as, darker times.

I suspect it is the latter, but I don't have the heart to google it.

Every Robin Williams, Chris Cornell, Anthony Bourdain no doubt causes a bit of a ripple of none famous suicides and thus this news is doubly sad.

[spooneybarger]

The sucide rate in the United States has increased over the last 20 years according to the Centers for Disease Control:

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/suicide-rates-are...

[overcast]

What I find interesting is that Nevada actually decreased, a place where you can literally lose it all. All of those Midwest states, where quality of life is generally considered the highest and happiest, have the highest increases.

[jetti]

I would imagine that most people losing it all in Nevada don't actually live there though.

[grasshopperpurp]

Nevada already had a very high suicide rate.

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/suicide-mortality/...

[pilsetnieks]

There are also more celebrities these days.