The rise of US #teen #girls considering #suicide in 2021 -- the second year of the #COVID-19 #pandemic -- substantially increased from 2019

By Julia Elbaba

  

The rise of US #teen #girls considering #suicide in 2021 — the second year of the #COVID-19 #pandemic — substantially increased from 2019.

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The rate of #teenage #girls who faced #suicidalthoughts and #behaviors in 2021 -- the second year of the #COVID-19 #pandemic -- was a substantial increase, the #CentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention (#CDC) has revealed. 

One in every three #female #highschoolstudents reported they had seriously considered attempting #suicide in 2021, a survey from the federal health organization reported. 

The table details that the 2021 percentage is a significant increase from 2019 (24.1%).

Of the number that considered #suicide in 2021, the #CDC reported that one-fourth (23.6%) created a #suicide plan -- a massive increase from 2019 (19.9%). 

As for the rate of those who attempted #suicide, there was an uptick, from 11% to 13.2%.

The biggest differences were noted in students' ages, #race/#ethnicity and/or #genderidentity.

For instance, in 2021, #black #female #students had a higher chance to report having attempted #suicide over #white #female #students as well as ninth and 10th-grade #female #students compared with 12th grade.

Some of the survey results that remained relatively consistent between 2019 and 2021 were the percentage of attempted #suicide cases in #females that required medical treatment from 3.3% to 3.9%.

As for the #male #students, the percentage of those who reported seriously considering #suicide in 2021 (14.3%) was similar to the number in 2019 (13.3%).

The results observed in this #CDC survey "highlight the potential effect of the #COVID-19 #pandemic mitigation measures that might have increased #students’ #socialisolation and #anxiety, leading to the onset or exacerbation of #adolescent #mentalhealthconcerns and #suicidalthoughts and #behaviors."

The report includes data from the 2019 and 2021 #Youth Risk #Behavior Survey (YRBS) in a #school-based survey conducted biennially since 1991. Private and public #school #students are represented from grades 9-12 in all states of #America.

If you are struggling with thoughts of #suicide or worried about a friend or loved one, call the #Suicide&CrisisLifeline at #988 for free, confidential emotional support 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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