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Rural Suicide Rate Shows Disturbing Trend

Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – AnchorageThe rate of suicide in Alaska’s rural villages is skyrocketing.  Latest figures indicate that the state’s suicide rate is more than twice the national average, with a disturbing trend upward during the last part of the decade.  Now a new state report pinpoints some underlying causes for the escalating rates.Download Audio (MP3)