US suicide rate ticks back up to match record high of 2018

September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, and the CDC has released its latest report on suicide deaths in America. After seeing a dip during the COVID-19 pandemic, data shows U.S. suicide rates are ticking back up again.

According to the report released by the CDC Thursday, Sept. 26, the suicide rate has gone back up to the same level it was at in 2018 — which was the highest rate the U.S. has seen in more than seven decades. Just under 49,500 suicide deaths were recorded in 2022, and preliminary data from the CDC shows 2023 was similar, with 49,300 reported.