Centers for Disease Control reported that the number of suicides among Americans aged 65 and older had jumped by 36 percent since 1980.
وحسبما يُظهر الاطار ادناه ،‏ يصح ذلك سواء أكان معدل الانتحار الاجمالي مرتفعا ام منخفضا في البلد .‏