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Teenage Suicide I will explain how each year, thousands of youth die, not from cancer or car accidents, but by their own hands. In 1996, more teenagers and young adults died of suicide than from heart disease, cancer, AIDS, birth defects, stroke, pneumonia, influenza, and chronic lung disease combined (1). The younger generation seems to be turning to suicide as a desperate solution to problems and feelings that may seem to be unsolvable. Unfortunately, teen suicide is not a rare event. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), suicide is the third leading cause of death for those ages 15 to 24 years in the United States, and the second leading cause of death among college students (3). Suicide rates are even on the rise for younger adolescents as well. Evidence also indicates that for every suicide there are 50 to 100 attempts of suicide (3).
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