Well I don't know that it's the economy by itself. The data shows the suicide rate declining for black men, but their unemployment rate doubled during the reces

Well I don't know that it's the economy by itself. The data shows the suicide rate declining for black men, but their unemployment rate doubled during the recession. Let's be careful not to peg a complex social phenomenon on the economy alone. Edit: Citation: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/suicide/rates_1999_2014.pdf http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/suicide/rates_1999_2014.... Figure 2