Suicide Rates Among Adolescents and Young Adults in the United States, 2000-2017

JAMA. 2019 Jun 18;321(23):2362-2364. doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.5054.

Abstract

This study uses Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data to characterize trends in suicide rates among adolescents and young adults aged 15 to 24 years in the United States and to determine if the increase in suicide rates observed in years 2000-2016 is continuing.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Sex Factors
  • Suicide / statistics & numerical data
  • Suicide / trends*
  • United States
  • Young Adult