I wonder how the suicide rate of the NFL compares to the suicide rate of the US.
Re: Suicide Rate
In the USA, the suicide rate for healthy males over age 25 is roughly 1 per 12,000.
“Healthy” means the absence of serious physical disease.
You would expect to see 2 or 3 suicides per year among retired NFL players.
The top three precursors of suicide among healthy men are mental illness (including head injuries), drug or alcohol addiction, and family history of suicide.