NBC News (12/19, Charles) reports on its website that the “suicide rate for black youth is rising faster than for any other racial and ethnic group, now making it the second-leading cause of death for black children aged 10 to 19, according to a congressional report released this week.” The 38-page report “was conducted by a task force of the Congressional Black Caucus and found a sharp rise in the rate of suicides and attempts among black youth.” It also “found that suicide attempts rose 73 percent from 1991 to 2017 for black adolescents of both sexes, and injuries from attempted suicides rose 122 percent for black boys in the same time period.”
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— “Suicide rate rising fast for black youth, report finds, “Nick Charles, NBC News, December 19, 2019