U.S. Youth Suicide Rate Reaches 20-Year High
Suicide rates among teens and young adults have reached their highest point in nearly two decades, a new study reports.
Suicides among teens have especially spiked, with an annual percentage change of 10% between 2014 and 2017 for 15- to 19-year-olds, researchers said.
“It really is an unprecedented surge,” said lead author Oren Miron, a research associate at Harvard Medical School in Boston. “You can go back decades and you won’t find such a sharp increase.”
Suicide rates for 15- to 19-year-olds and those between 20 and 24 are at their
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