Monday, November 9, 2009

Suicides in the downturn raise worries about recession’s real cost

Coroner John White is presiding over a sad tally in this northern Indiana county, tracking rising numbers of suicides he believes are linked to the lingering recession.

Read the whole story at msnbc

Data on every U.S. county
You can see the suicide rate for U.S. counties for 1979-2006 in these PDF files:

Photo by Jennifer Shephard / The Elkhart Truth

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