Depression

CDC reports latest data on suicide behaviors, risk factors, prevention

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, July 11th, 2004

Analysis of data on suicide methods by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that among youth aged 10-14 years, suffocation (mostly hangings) has replaced firearms as the most common method of suicide.

In 2001, suffocation suicides in this age group occurred nearly twice as often as firearms suicides, the most frequently used method before 1997.

The findings were released in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (2004;53(22)) along with data on the relationship between suicide attempts and physical fighting in high school students, school-associated suicides, suicide trends in Hispanic populations and suicide...

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