Suicide Among the Young

                    --Persons under age 25 years accounted for 16.4% of all suicides in 1992.
                    --From 1952-1992, the incidence of suicide among adolescents and young adults nearly
                       tripled.
                    --From 1980-1992, the rate of suicide among persons aged 15-19 years increased by 28.3 %
                        and among persons aged 10-14 years by 120%.
                    --For African American males aged 15-19, the rate increased 165.3 %.
                    --For young people 15 to 24 years old, suicide is the third leading cause of death, behind
                        unintentional injury and homicide.
                    --In 1992 more teenagers and young adults died from suicide than died from cancer, heart
                        disease, AIDS, birth defects, stroke, pneumonia and influenza, and chronic lung disease
                        combined.
                    --Among persons aged 15-19 years, firearm-related suicides accounted for 81 % of the increase
                        in the overall rate of suicide from 1980-1992.
                    -- People living in a household where a firearm is kept are almost five times more likely to die
                        by suicide than people who live in gun-free homes.

                    The risk for suicide among young people is greatest among young white males; however, from
                      1980 through 1992, suicide rates increased most rapidly among young black males.
                      Although suicide among children is a rare event, the dramatic increase in the rate among
                      persons aged 10-14 years underscores the urgent need for intensifying efforts-to prevent
                      suicide among- persons in this age group.

                    1Suicide data were obtained from vital statistics on the underlying causes of death prepared
                        annually by the National Center for Health Statistics at the Centers for Disease Control
                        and Prevention.
 

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