Actually, suicide was the number 10 cause of death as far back as 1980 and deaths from suicide have increased 64% since then compared to 42% increase in US popu

Actually, suicide was the number 10 cause of death as far back as 1980 and deaths from suicide have increased 64% since then compared to 42% increase in US population. Deaths from pneumonia and influenza have been roughly flat on absolute value basis though decreased in death rate given the increase in population Source is in a chart in this blog post I wrote, source data from CDC: https://newbio.tech/blog/vc_basics_1.html https://newbio.tech/blog/vc_basics_1.html