Are suicide rates twice as high in rural Minnesota than in the Twin Cities?

Yes Figures from the Minnesota Department of Robustness shows that Minnesota counties that are entirely rural had suicides per residents in compared with in the Twin Cities region A lack of access to mental robustness care and more access to firearms are among the factors contributing to the higher rates according to the agency According to a analysis by the Center for Rural Framework and Improvement the state s least-populated counties had one mental robustness professional for every residents The majority of densely populated counties meanwhile had one for every residents the analysis stated The center determined that rural areas had the highest percentage of fatalities in which firearms were used Rural suicide rates were more than halved when guns were taken out of the equation in the overview This fact brief is responsive to conversations such as this one MinnPost partners with Gigafact to produce fact briefs bite-sized fact checks of trending insists Read our methodology to learn how we check declares Sources Minnesota Department of Wellbeing Statistics Brief Suicide Mortality Steady in Center for Rural Framework and Improvement The Suicide Epidemic in Rural Minnesota How we got here and how we move forward The post Are suicide rates twice as high in rural Minnesota than in the Twin Cities appeared first on MinnPost