Comment on Suicide rates in England and Wales reach highest level since 1999
zeet@lemmy.world 3 months agoWhilst that’s a possible explanation, correlation does not imply causation. There are many other potential contributing factors (increased loneliness, economic hardship, acceptability of suicide, changes to how deaths by misadventure vs suicide are recorded, etc) and more research will be needed to identify which, if any, played a role in the observed change.