HealthDay (5/12, Solomon) reported, “Among U.S. youth ages 13 and 14 years, suicide rates more than doubled from 2008 to 2018,” researchers concluded in a study that “used death certificate data collected by the” CDC “to explore trends in suicide by sex, race, level of urbanization, census region, month of the year, and day of the week among U.S. youths aged 13 to 14 years.” The findings were published online April 19 in the Annals of Pediatrics and Child Health.
Related Links:
— “Suicide Rates for 13- and 14-Year-Olds Doubled From 2008 to 2018 “Lori Solomon, HealthDay, May 12, 2023