The News:
Spike in suicide rate spurs worry
Real numbers remain small, but climb reverses a downward trend
By Thomas H. Maugh II and Jia-Rui Chong, Los Angeles Times
Article Last Updated: 09/06/2007 11:16:22 PM MDT
After a decade of decline, the suicide rate for girls ages 10 to 14 spiked by 76 percent in 2004, and their method of choice changed from firearms to suffocation and hanging, federal officials said Thursday. The rate among older boys and girls also increased substantially, driving the overall suicide rate among 10- to 24-year- olds to an 8 percent increase in 2004, the largest jump in 15 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's latest Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The rate had declined by 28 percent between 1990 and 2003 before the jump in 2004.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the American Journal of Psychiatry.
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