A “suicide belt” of unusually high rates stretches through Tennessee. (Photo: Quentin Young/Colorado Newsline)
Suicide rates in rural America remain persistently higher than in urban communities, according to new research from East Tennessee State University that identified a national suicide “belt” with relatively high death rates that extends from the east to west coasts, directly through Tennessee.
Overall, rates of deaths by suicide increased in both rural and urban communities between 2018 and 2021, researchers noted…