# Biggest drop in suicide rate in 40 years - 6% in 2020 amid pandemic

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**Created:** [April 15, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-drop-in-suicide-rate-in-40-years-6-in-2020-amid-pandemic/940084 "2021-04-15T14:48:12Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-drop-in-suicide-rate-in-40-years-6-in-2020-amid-pandemic/940084/51 "2021-04-17T00:30:04Z")

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> [@FigNorton](#):
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> There was about 870k evictions in 2015 - that’s about 72k/month. If there were tens of thousands of evictions between Sept and Dec, that’s still a significant number.

How many of them committed suicide because of homelessness?

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