Firearm suicides reached "unprecedented" high in 2022, CDC data shows

Firearm suicides reached "unprecedented" high rates last year, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Researchers found firearm suicides account for approximately half of overall suicide deaths, they said in a report published Thursday, meaning of the nearly 50,000 overall suicide deaths in 2022, about 27,000 of them were gun-related.

The analysis, using data from from 2019 to 2022, also highlighted an increase in firearm suicides.