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Suicide Rates Among Girls Ages 10-14 in the U.S. (2002-2004)

Youth Suicide

Suicide (i.e., taking one’s own life) is a serious public health problem affecting many young people. In 2004, suicide was the 3rd leading cause of death among adolescents in the United States.

The top three methods used in suicides of young people include hanging/suffocation, poisoning, and firearms. In 2004, both hanging/suffocation and poisoning suicide among 10 to 14 year old females increased, and were significantly in excess of an already upward trend in hanging/suffocation suicide rates and a downward trend in poisoning suicide rates in this age group .

Deaths from youth suicide are only part of the problem. More young people survive suicide attempts than actually die. A nationwide survey of youth in grades 9 through 12 in public and private schools in the United States (U.S.) found that 17 percent of students reported seriously considering suicide, 13 percent reported creating a plan, and 8 percent reporting trying to take their own life in the 12 months preceding the survey.

For more information, see:

1CDC. Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS™). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, CDC, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, 2007. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/wisqars/default.htm.

2Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Suicide Rate Trends Among Youth Ages 10-24 Years, United States, 1990-2004. MMWR 2007;56: (No SS-35).

3Eaton DK, Kann L, Kinchen SA, Ross JG, Hawkins J, Harris WA, et al. Youth risk behavior surveillance—United States, 2005. MMWR 2006; 55(No. SS-5):1-108.


Page last reviewed: September 6, 2007
Page last updated: September 6, 2007
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