HealthDay (9/5, Mundell) reports, “Suicides by Americans aged 10 to 24 are continuing to climb and guns are increasingly the method of choice in these tragedies,” according to a study that examined “U.S. federal data on all suicide deaths among people ages 10 through 24 from 2013 to the end of 2020.” The study encompassed “a total of more than 49,500 suicides…recorded during that time for this age group.” The findings were published online in a research letter in JAMA Pediatrics.
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— “Gun Suicides Keep Rising Among U.S. Youth,”Ernie Mundell, HealthDay, September 5, 2023