Not a big surprise at all. Take God out of daily life, take dad out of the home, chastise people for being normal and praise people for being homosexual, push transgenderism down kids throats and teach socialism and government as the new God. I'm amazed it's not much higher!


CDC: Youth Suicide Rate Up 56% in Decade, Homicide Rate Up 18% After Decline

A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) finds, after a period of stability between 2000 and 2007, the suicide rate among children and adolescents aged 10-24 increased 56 percent between 2007 and 2017.
The report shows the homicide rate for the same age group was also stable between 2000 and 2007, then dropped 23 percent from 2007 to 2014 and then increased 18 percent between 2014 to 2017.
“For persons aged 10-14, suicide rates increased from 2007 to 2017, while homicide rates declined,” state the authors of the report, Sally Curtin and Melonie Heron, continuing the breakdown for the other age subgroups:
Suicide and homicide death rates for persons aged 15–19 have increased recently during 2000–2017, from 2007 to 2017 for suicide and from 2014 to 2017 for homicide.
Suicide death rates for persons aged 20–24 increased from 2000 to 2017, and homicide rates increased from 2014 to 2017.
rate for U.S. adults aged 20-24 increased 36% from 2000 (12.5) to 2017 (17.0)
rate for U.S. adults aged 20-24 declined 24% from 2000 (16.0 per 1,000) to 2014 (12.1) and then increased 15% through 2017
The authors note that, in 2017, “suicide was the second leading cause of death for persons aged 10–14, 15–19, and 20–24, and homicide ranked third for persons aged 15–19 and 20–24 and fifth for persons aged 10–14.”
Suicide rates ended up surpassing homicide rates for the entire group aged 10-24 during the latter part of the period between 2000 and 2017.
In 2000, the homicide rate for the age group was 8.7 per 100,000 persons, while the suicide rate was 7.2 and continued to be higher until 2009. However, in 2017, the suicide rate was 10.6 and the homicide rate was 7.9.
The authors summarize:
For persons aged 10–14, suicide rates began increasing in 2010, whereas the homicide rate declined during the 2000–2017 period. In contrast, recent increases were observed for both suicide and homicide death rates among persons aged 15–19 and 20–24, with the increases for suicide rates beginning earlier than for homicide rates. In addition, for persons aged 15–19 and 20–24, suicide rates surpassed homicide rates during the latter part of the period.
During NPR’s Morning Edition on Thursday, Curtin expressed concern, specifically, that “not only is suicide trending upward, but the pace of increase is actually accelerating.”
According to Medscape Medical News, Colleen Carr, MPH, director of the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention, said better suicide prevention efforts require further research to determine the causes of the increased rates of suicide among adolescents and young adults.
“It is important to recognize that suicide is not caused by one single factor but instead a range of factors that include mental health conditions, but also include important situational factors that many of us will experience in a lifetime — including social, physical, emotional or financial issues,” Carr said.

"children and adolescents aged 10-24" Am I the only one that finds this odd? Are 24 year olds children or adolescents?

"rate for U.S. adults aged 20-24"

Montana retains dubious ranking- top suicide rate in nation.

With the risk of sounding cold- many young people dont have the fortitude that earlier genrations had. This generation is also expected to do worse than the previous generation for the first time ever.

Now dont get me wrong....I think the vast majority of them are hard working, keen and innovated individuals.

That's really sad.

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Not a big surprise at all. Take God out of daily life, take dad out of the home, chastise people for being normal and praise people for being homosexual, push transgenderism down kids throats and teach socialism and government as the new God. I'm amazed it's not much higher!


This ^ 100 %

So sad, there are so many factor that lead up to suicide. Our society has been loosing respect for life for some time so this is one of the factors in the older group. Communication is another along with bulling is school. But I am sure these factor are all added in.
I would like to see the % go down but it took a long time to get here and it will take a long time to change. JMO

Bullying is not new, what is new'ish about it is how Academia and parents choose to handle it with their kids. Used to be ya had a bully and the parents said either keep giving him your lunch money or sock'em in the nose. Now it's treated 10 levels beyond normal drama. Academia and a lot of parents nowadays are churning out kids that don't know what the heck to do, in any situation, and thus the result is not good. They've taken God away, (whether you believe or not, still a good foundation) self achievement (participation trophies), free speech is out the window, free will is as well. Kids can't say what's on their mind without thinking first, is it ok, will it hurt this person or that. Kids can't make a pow pow with their hands, can't play Cowboys and Indians, heck no, it's not allowed at all except maybe as livestock management personnel and indigenous peoples. The correlation between this and how all of of us above the age of 50 used to take guns to school and have them in our vehicles at school, and yet there were never any school shootings, is what really needs examined.

A boot in the a zz when needed builds character

Now days acting out gets you medicated...............recipe for disaster

Kids are being drugged today by pschyco babblers at the request of teachers when they can't control them. No more paddling, no more schools for "special needs" only. So they drug them. I'm surprised its not higher

Catch22:
If you at any age say the N work can put you in jail, of say better stop that or I will know your heard off can get you RED FLAGGED and the cope can come to your house. I still think bulling is only one factor or many. All good information. JMO

Are there a lot of dentist in MT?

It’s sad. What is worse, it will be laid at the feet of society and the real responsibility will never be acknowledged.

Bulling is only a "factor" because the nutburgers allowed it to be. Not sure how old you are but in my day, you either socked him in the face or tried hard to covertly remain off his radar. Remember the geeks, AV kids, the ones that were afraid to scrap in school, but went on to have successful lives? Being cut from teams and such bummed them out for a few days but they got over it and joined the debate team, or chess club etc, and were happy. The point is, there is a place for all, they need the freedom to find it.

Agreed..... Bulling has been around since humans existed. Nothing new to see there. So has most if not all the problems that kids are dealing with these days. Not much new. So the question is, what has changed. For that answer, I will point you back to my first comment in the OP.

Too many baby-daddies/baby-mommas and too few mothers and fathers.
You hear a lot of single mothers who have never been married say how much they love their kids. Too bad they didn't love them enough to make sure they had a loving father-especially true of the baby makers who have more than one kid out of wedlock.

And lots of "good parents" allow their kids to be raised by what they see on social media-facebook friends don't cut it.

Sad for sure. Could we respond to those who would simplify these sad facts and point at those who "bully" as the causation by asking "Would this be a very simple answer to the very complex problem whereby there's been such a rampant increase in many suicide categories in such a short amount of time?

a 15 year old boy. the son of a local deputy, shot and killed himself in April. apparently he was bullied badly by somw students. least thats what was said at the time

I think the biggest cause of the increased suicide rate is that people have a decreased activity level, compared to the past. People are made to use both their mind and body.

Keith

I'm glad I'm not a kid in these days.