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DISTRUBING TREND
Sucide Rates on the rise

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Updated: July 16, 2008 7:21pm


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According to the state's Health Statistics Center men in the Mountain State are committing suicide more than women.

Out of the 265 of West Virginians that committed suicide last year, 80 percent were men.

Also the suicide rate among all adults ages 20 to 44 is rising.




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