The Boomer and Xer Boom in Suicides

According to new CDC data, the national suicide rate jumped 24 percent between 1999 and 2014 after years of steady decline. What’s more, the rate of increase has picked up recently, growing by an average of 2 percent annually after 2006 (compared to 1 percent from 1999 to 2006). What’s going on? The Great Recession and its aftereffects are likely a fact…