KFF Health News (9/21, Weinstock) reports, “Suicide ranks as either the seventh- or eighth-leading cause of death among children ages five to 11, according to the” CDC “and recent studies.” What’s more, “numbers show the rates among younger kids appear to have increased in the past decade, especially among Black males.”
Related Links:
— “As Younger Children Increasingly Die by Suicide, Better Tracking and Prevention Is Sought,” Cheryl Platzman Weinstock, KFF Health News , September 21, 2023