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RE: Multiple Studies Show Teen Suicide Rates Explode During School Year
Extremely important message here, but hold on...
”Suicide is the second-leading cause of death for people over the age of 15”
What?! Is there a mistake here? How can this be? This would make suicide absolutely rampant, which doesn’t seem to correspond to my experience in the slightest. Unless the leading cause of death is being defined extremely broadly I don’t see how this can be so. Not asserting anything, just asking...
In Utah It is the number one cause of death of kids ...
http://kutv.com/news/local/utah-youth-suicide-now-leading-cause-of-death-for-utah-kids-ages-11-17
That I can understand, because the scope is limited by age and location, but all people over the age of 15 is incredibly broad. It's got to be a typo or something.