Suicide Among Youth and Elderly
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Contrary to overall trends, the suicide rate for youths 15 to 19 years old has increased over the last few decades. Suicide was still the third leading cause of death for young people 10 to 19 years old in 1998. (MoScicki, 1994)
Suicide is extremely rare in young children, and lower among 10-to-14-year-olds than older teens.
In 1998, white males accounted for 61% of all suicides among youth 10-19. White males and white females together accounted for over 84% of all youth suicides. However, the suicide rate among Native American male youth is exceedingly high in comparison with the overall rate for males 10 to 19 (19.3 per 100,000 vs. 8.5 per 100,000). African-American males ages 10 to 19 - more than doubling from 2.9 per 100,000 to 6.1 per 100,000 from 1981 to 1998. In 1999, found that Hispanic students, both male and female, were significantly more likely than white students to have reported a suicide attempt (12.8% vs. 6.7%). (Joe & Marcus, 2003) It has been widely reported in the media that gay and lesbian youth are at higher risk to complete suicide than other youth. A significant percent of all attempted or completed youth suicides are related to issues of sexual...
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