Death rates due to suicide and homicide among persons aged 10-24: United States, 2000-2017

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• Personal Author:
  Curtin, Sally C. ; Heron, Melonie
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  Key findings
  
  Data from the National Vital Statistics System
  
  • After stable trends from 2000 to 2007, suicide rates for persons aged 10-24 increased from 2007 (6.8 per 100,000 persons) to 2017 (10.6), while homicide rates declined from 2007 to 2014 and then increased through 2017.
  
  • The suicide rate for persons aged 10-14 declined from 2000 (1.5) to 2007 (0.9), and then nearly tripled from 2007 to 2017 (2.5), while the homicide rate declined 18% from 2000 (1.1) to 2017 (0.9).
  
  • For persons aged 15-19 and 20-24, suicide and homicide death rates both increased more recently during the 2000-2017 period, with the increase in suicide rates beginning earlier than for homicide rates.
  
  • For the total age group 10-24 and for persons aged 15-19 and 20-24, suicide rates surpassed homicide rates during the latter part of the
  
  • 2000-2017 period.
  
  Deaths due to suicide and homicide, often referred to collectively as violent deaths, have consistently been a major cause of premature death to persons aged 10-24 in the United States (1-3). In 2017, suicide was the second leading cause of death for persons aged 10-14, 15-19, and 20-24, and homicide ranked third for persons aged 15-19 and 20-24 and fifth for persons aged 10-14 (4). This report presents trends for 2000-2017 in suicide and homicide death rates for all persons aged 10-24 and for age groups 10-14, 15-19, and 20-24.
  
  Suggested citation: Curtin SC, Heron M. Death rates due to suicide and homicide among persons aged 10-24: United States, 2000-2017. NCHS Data Brief, no 352. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2019.
  
  CS310740
  
  db352-h.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Cause Of Death Homicide Mortality Suicide Vital Statistics
• Keywords:
  mortality rates, millenials, National Vital Statistics System
• Source:
  National Vital Statistics System
• Series:
  NCHS Data Briefs
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report ; Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Topic:
  Health Statistics
• Pages in Document:
  8 pdf pages
• Issue:
  352
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
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