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.

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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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