There is also a growing concern about a rise in suicide, as we have heard before, which before the pandemic had increased by nearly 30 percent in New York State since 2000 and nationally was the tenth-leading cause of death.
Engel highlights the alarming rise in suicide rates exacerbated by the pandemic.
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