YOUTH SUICIDE

YOUTH SUICIDE
Facts
Suicide ranks as the third leading cause of death for ages 15-24 and fourth for ages 10-14.
Suicide is the second leading cause of death for college-age youth.
Each week, more than 100 young people commit suicide.
In the past 40 years, the youth suicide rate has nearly tripled, and between 1980 and 1996, the suicide rate for ages 10-14 increased 100 percent.
In 1966, more teenagers and young adults died of suicide than cancer, heart disease, AIDS, birth defects, stroke, pneumonia, influenza and chronic lung disease combined.
Four out of five young people who attempt suicide have given clear warnings.
Source: Ardent Health Services