Minnesota Department Of Health Releases Report On 2020 Suicide Deaths In Minnesota

Press release from the Wright County Government:

May 12, 2021

The Minnesota Department of Health has released it preliminary 2020 report on Minnesota Suicide Mortality. In 2020, 723 Minnesotans died by suicide – a decrease from a record-setting 830 suicides in 2019. For the last 20 years, suicides in Minnesota have increased steadily and 2020 was the sixth consecutive year than Minnesota has seen more than 700 suicides.

To see the news release and access links to the report, click here: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MNMDH/bulletins/2d8d869

This press release was produced by the Wright County Government. The views expressed here are the author’s own.