Suicide Stats

Suicide

Amari Wilburn

September 14, 2022

Suicide Stats 

  • Suicides have become the second-leading cause of death among teenagers in the United States, according to Physical Resource Block.

https://www.prb.org/resources/suicide-replaces-homicide-as-second-leading-cause-of-death-among-u-s-teenagers/ - 

  • 18.8% of high school students have considered suicide, according to America’s Health Rankings.

( Health Rankings) https://www.americashealthrankings.org/explore/health-of-women-and-children/measure/teen_suicide/state/ALL 

  • Suicide is the secondleading cause of death for ages 10-24, according to Youth Suicide Statistics. 

(Youth Suicide Statistics )-

http://prp.jasonfoundation.com/facts/youth-suicide-statistics/#:~:text=Each%20day%20in%20our%20nation,intentions%2C%20 either%20 verbally%20or%20behaviorally 

  • The percentages of high school students who reported that they had thought seriously about committing suicide in the last year according to Teen Suicide child trends.

( Teen Suicide Child Trends )  -  https://www.childtrends.org/indicators/suicidal-teens

  • Suicide is the third leading cause of death for teens and young adults ages 15-24, According to The Jed Foundation. 

( The Jed Foundation) -  https://jedfoundation.org/mental-health-and-suicide-statistics/ 

  

  • Suicide is a leading cause of death among young people according to NBC news 

( Nbc News )-       https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/teen-suicides-increased-many-states-pandemic-rcna25825

  • Nearly 20% of high school students report serious thoughts of suicide and 9% have made an attempt to take their lives, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. 

( UCLA Health ) - https://connect.uclahealth.org/2022/03/15/suicide-rate-highest-among-teens-and-young-adults/

  • One thing that is a heavy commonality among people who die by suicide is an unshakeable feeling of dread, despair, loneliness, and hopelessness according to World population review. 

( World Population ) - https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/suicide-rates-by-state

  • Different database of suicides coming from Centers for disease control and prevention. 

( centers for disease control and Prevention) -  https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/suicide-data-statistics.html

  • Death by suicide is an extremely complex issue that causes pain to hundreds of thousands of people every year around the world according to Our World in Data. 

( our world)- https://ourworldindata.org/suicide