15 Professions With the Highest Suicide Rates in America

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2. Construction and Extraction

Rate of suicide per 100,000 population: 53.3

Construction and extraction jobs are often regarded as quite risky due to the dangers of fatal injuries (and sometimes even death) involved. However, the horror that is often not taken into account is that of the high number of suicides that occur among such workers, indicating that the working conditions may be unbearable for several of them.

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