NYTimes.com: Suicide rates among middle-age Americans have risen sharply in the past decade, prompting concern that a generation of baby boomers who have faced years of economic worry and easy access to prescription painkillers may be particularly vulnerable to self-inflicted harm.
More people now die of suicide than in car accidents, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which published the findings in theMay 3 issue of its Morbidity and Mortality [...]
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/03/health/suicide-rate-rises-sharply-in-us.html