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Important Facts about Adolescent Suicide

Statistics on Depression and Suicide among Adolescents of College Age, collected by The Jed Foundation (powerpoint)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Health, United States, 2004 (pdf) (513 pages): a searchable document containing a chartbook on American health (CDC)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Methods of Suicide among Persons Aged 10-19 Years - United States, 1992-2001 (CDC, 2004): a longitudinal analysis of suicide methods.
National College Health Assessment of the ACHA . In particular, see highlights from the Spring 2003 survey.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Suicide Contagion and the Reporting of Suicide: Recommendations from a National Workshop. Media reporting of suicides and suicide attempts needs to follow these guidelines.
See our Suicide Fact Sheet (22K pdf file) for The Jed Foundation’s complete list of statistics on college suicide.
For an exhaustive review of the literature on college suicide, look through the “ White Paper,”(280K pdf file) published by the Suicide Prevention Resource Center in 2004.
U.S. Census estimates for 2003: socioeconomic characteristics. For 2001, data exists on school enrollment by level of school. The pdf (12 pages) document "School Enrollment in the United States" is a comprehensive overview of 2000 data.

U.S. suicide statistics from the National Center for Health Statistics are compiled by the American Association of Suicidology. In particular, see their Youth Suicide Fact Sheet (pdf)

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