Report: Third of suicides in US are among middle-aged whites

[...] of suicides in US are among middle-aged whites

More than 14,000 of them were middle-aged whites — twice the combined total for all blacks, Hispanics, Asians, Pacific Islanders, American Indians, and Alaska Natives.

The CDC also reported striking increases in suicide rates in adult American Indians and Alaska Natives, although the number of those suicide deaths is much smaller.

Other experts have speculated that middle age can be a particularly hard time for whites, who — compared to some other racial and ethnic groups — commonly don't have as many supportive relationships with friends, family, or religious communities,