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Annual suicide of 83 per 100,000 farmers - is the highest rate of suicide in any occupation. Second is construction. [https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/wr/mm6525a1.htm]
Annual suicide of 83 per 100,000 farmers - is the highest rate of suicide in any occupation. Second is construction. [https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/wr/mm6525a1.htm].
 
This means that every 10 years - 1% of the farmer population kills itself.


From https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/06/why-are-americas-farmers-killing-themselves-in-record-numbers
From https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/06/why-are-americas-farmers-killing-themselves-in-record-numbers

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Annual suicide of 83 per 100,000 farmers - is the highest rate of suicide in any occupation. Second is construction. [1].

This means that every 10 years - 1% of the farmer population kills itself.

From https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/06/why-are-americas-farmers-killing-themselves-in-record-numbers