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Printing, Table
11; Pour imprimer, Tableau 11)
Males
form about 80% of youth who commit suicide in the United States and Canada.
From 1950 to 1990, however, there was a great increase in youth suicide
(often noted in the media), but it is often not mentioned that males accounted
for about 90% of the increase in youth suicide.Therefore, it could be said
that investigating the issue of "representation" with respect to "The Homosexuality
Factor in Youth Suicide Problems," and especially with respect to evaluating
the likelihood that this factor also applies for actual suicides of youth,
means to tackle to tackle the problem with a focus on males.
Table 11 - American
Youth Suicide Rates: 1950 to 1990
Increasing Youth Suicides:
A 90% Male Problem
|
Age Range
(Years)
|
Suicide Rate
1950
[% Male]
|
Suicide Rate
1990
[% Male]
|
Suicide Rate
Increase
[% Male]
|
|
15 to 19
|
M - 3.5
F - 1.8
[66%]
|
M - 18.1
F - 3.70
[83%]
|
M: 14.6 ( 5.2X)
F: 1.90 (2.1X)
[88.5%]
|
|
20 to 24
|
M - 9.3
F - 3.3
[73.8%]
|
M - 25.7
F - 4.10
[86.2%]
|
M: 16.4 (2.8X)
F: 0.8 (1.2X)
[95.3%]
|
|
15 to 24
|
M - 6.5
F - 2.6
[71.4%]
|
M - 22.0
F - 3.9
[84.9%]
|
M: 15.5 (3.4X)
F: 1.3 (1.5X)
[92.3%]
|
M = Males, F = Females, X
= Suicide Rate Increase Multiple.
Suicide Rates: Deaths per 100,000
individuals per year.
Data Source: CDC
(1994). Programs
for the Prevention of Suicide Among Adolescents and Young Adults. MMWR
43(RR-6), 1-7. Internet Availability: - http://wonder.cdc.gov/wonder/prevguid/m0031525/entire.htm#Table_1
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