summarize Suicides= Suicide rate in the United States increased 30% between 2000 and 2020. Suicide rates increased from 10.4 per 100,000 in 2000 to a peak of 14.2 in 2018, followed by a 5% decline between 2018 and 2020 to 13.5. Suicide rates for females in all age groups over age 25 showed recent declines, while rates for those aged 10-14 and 15-24 have generally increased. Between 2018 and 2020, suicide rates decreased in males aged 45-64 and 65-74. For females in 2020, the rate of firearm-related suicide (1.8) was higher than rates of suicide by poisoning (1.5) and suffocation (1.7). For males in 2020, the leading means of suicide was firearm (12.5), at a rate twice that of suffocation (6.1), the second leading means. Homicides= While homicide rates increased in nearly every state, there was a wide difference in the 2020 rates based on geography. States with the highest homicide rates: Mississippi Louisiana Alabama Missouri Arkansas South Carolina Tennessee Maryland. The District of Columbia had a higher homicide rate (24.4 homicides per 100,000) than any state. States with the biggest rate increase in 2020