Looking at the graphs on the article, what sticks out immediately is two things. Why did the data only start in 2004, that's not a very long range, and where are the error bars. We are reporting statistics here, so we should see some sort of measure of the statistical accuracy shouldn't we?
Error bars are for sampling. If they're using the full statistics of all suicides nationwide, for example, there's no error bar. The number is just the number.
