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CDC corrects record on farmer suicides
Story Date: 11/20/2018
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Source: POLITICO'S MORNING AGRICULTURE, 11/19/18
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week issued new data and retracted a widely cited 2016 report that mistakenly said farmers had the highest rate of suicide of any U.S. worker in 2012. After a data-entry problem was corrected, construction and "extraction" workers (like miners) had the highest suicide rate in 2012 and again in 2015, Pro Ag's John Lauinger reports.
To view the CDC statistics, click here.
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