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Colorado has one of the nation’s highest suicide rates − an ER doctor explains how to bring it down

  • Written by Emmy Betz, Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Colorado has one of the nation’s highest suicide rates − an ER doctor explains how to bring it downHaving a conversation with someone at risk of suicide could make a big difference.fotostorm/GettyImages

Colorado has one of the highest suicide rates in the nation, at 20.9 per 100,000 in 2023. Of the state’s 940 gun deaths that year, nearly 72% were by suicide.

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