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Alarming CDC report on suicide shows nearly 45,000 Americans took their own lives in 2016

A new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds nearly 45,000 Americans took their own lives in 2016. That's more deaths than car accidents or opioid overdoses. As CBS News national correspondent Jericka Duncan explains, the death of designer Kate Spade is shedding new light on the devastating statistic.
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