Here’s a story worthy of further media inquiry (“What are the causes? Why are middle aged white males doing this?”), but unlikely to get any.
Why? Because the alarming increase in suicides is being committed by white males… and f*ck them.
NEW YORK — The suicide rate among middle-aged Americans climbed a startling 28 percent in a decade…
The trend was most pronounced among white men and women in that age group. Their suicide rate jumped 40 percent between 1999 and 2010.
More people now die of suicide than in car accidents, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which published the findings in Friday’s issue of its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. In 2010 there were 33,687 deaths from motor vehicle crashes and 38,364 suicides…
Although suicide rates are growing among both middle-aged men and women, far more men take their own lives…
The most pronounced increases were seen among men in their 50s, a group in which suicide rates jumped by nearly 50 percent…
While reporting of suicides is not always consistent around the country, the current numbers are, if anything, too low.
“It’s vastly underreported,” said Julie Phillips, an associate professor of sociology at Rutgers University who has published research on rising suicide rates. “We know we’re not counting all suicides.”
Now, what could be causing (specifically) white males in early 21st century America to feel hopeless to the point of ending it all?
Oh, I have no idea.
