"The suicide rate per 100,000 people in 2022 was 14.3, according to a report from the Centers from Disease Control and Prevention released early Wednesday. The rate was 15 in 1941."[0]

> Do you not believe that the suicide rate has increased over the last two decades?

per capita (assuming that's what you mean), that's correct. i do not.

we should stop now. very unproductive exchange.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40779141, citing https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2023/11/29/2022-suic...