The gender gap in youth suicide rates is getting smaller

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Young girls are increasingly likely to commit suicide, narrowing the longstanding gap between male and female suicide rates, according to a study published Friday in JAMA Pediatrics.

Researchers analyzed suicide rates from 1975 to 2016 in kids and teens ages 10 to 19, finding that rates peaked in 1993 and then declined until 2007, at which point they began to increase again.

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Marianne Dodson

Marianne is The Week’s Social Media Editor. She is a native Tennessean and recent graduate of Ohio University, where she studied journalism and political science. Marianne has previously written for The Daily Beast, The Crime Report, and The Moroccan Times.