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(32,076 posts) Sat Sep 22, 2012, 12:13 PM Sep 2012

Study reveals more Americans take their own lives than die in car crashes

study reveals more Americans take their own lives than die in car crashes

By Daily Mail Reporter

PUBLISHED: 10:03 EST, 22 September 2012 | UPDATED: 10:09 EST, 22 September 2012

Suicide is a bigger killer than car crashes, according to an alarming new study.

The number of people dying from suicide has drastically increased, while car accident deaths haven lessened, making suicide the leading cause of injury death.

Suicides via falls or poisoning have risen significantly and experts fear there could be en more going unrecognised, specifically in cases of overdose.

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