Analysis: Minnesota's record suicide numbers in 2015

If you look at the 10 leading causes of death in America, there's been a promising trend: The death rates for heart disease, cancer, stroke and diabetes have been declining.

But there's one big exception: suicide.

Suicide rates overall have increased by 24 percent from 1999 to 2014, according to a new report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Middle-aged men have the highest rates of suicide.

Dan Reidenberg, executive director of Suicide Awareness Voices of Education looked at the reasons why the U.S. suicide rate continues to rise.

To hear the interview with Reidenberg, use the player above.

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