As financial woes mount, more deaths can be expected, an expert predicts
In 1933, during the toughest year of the Great Depression, America’s suicide rate spiked. Now, public health officials are watching to see whether suicide rates climb as more and more people lose their jobs and homes. Last year was a difficult one for the economy in Central Florida, and 567 people killed themselves, a 13 percent jump over the year before, according to state and county death records.