Massachusetts suicide rate continues to climb

STATE HOUSE — More Massachusetts residents committed suicide in 2013 than died as a result of car crashes and homicides combined, and yet the state has one of the lowest suicide rates in the country, according to the latest data from the Department of Public Health. The 585 suicides in Massachusetts during 2013 was a decrease from the previous year, but was still higher than in almost every year since at least 2003. The total also put the state at a rate of 8.7 suicides for every 100,000 people

STATE HOUSE — More Massachusetts residents committed suicide in 2013 than died as a result of car crashes and homicides combined, and yet the state has one of the lowest suicide rates in the country, according to the latest data from the Department of Public Health. The 585 suicides in Massachusetts during 2013 was a decrease from the previous year, but was still higher than in almost every year since at least 2003. The total also put the state at a rate of 8.7 suicides for every 100,000 people…