Rural suicide rates:
a. have surpassed urban suicide rates over the past 20 years.
b. are not tracked as effectively as urban rates.
c. cannot be determined with accuracy.
d. are very low in the United States.
A
Rural residents face greater social stigma in regard to seeking mental health care, and basic community services such as transportation, electricity, water, and telephones that are important to providing health care may not be available. Rural suicide rates have surpassed urban suicide rates over the past 20 years.
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