“Leading causes of death regarding Mortality:

Mortality was caused by Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, self-harm (suicide), hypertensive heart disease, chronic kidney disease, and liver cancer have shown the largest percentage change from 2000 to 2019; this was for both male and female.”

Pan American Health Organization (https://www.paho.org/en/enlace/leading-causes-death-and-disability)

2- “Suicide is a major public health concern. Suicide is among the leading causes of death in the United States. Based on recent mortality data, suicide in some populations is on the rise according to the CDC; which states for 2021:

• Suicide was the eleventh leading cause of death overall in the United States, claiming the lives of over 48,100 people.
• Suicide was the second leading cause of death among individuals between the ages of 10-14 and 25-34 , the third leading cause of death among individuals between the ages of 15-24, and the fifth leading cause of death among individuals between the ages of 35 and 44.
• There were nearly two times as many suicides (48,183) in the United States as there were homicides (26,031).”

National Institute of Mental Health – NIH (https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/suicide)