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    Decline in teen drug use continues, surprising experts

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    372 points pseudolus | 12 comments | 17 Dec 24 23:44 UTC | HN request time: 1.139s | source | bottom
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    ikmckenz ◴[20 Dec 24 19:31 UTC] No.42474139[source]▶
    Teens aren't doing drugs, smoking, drinking, or having sex. And the suicide rate has never been higher.
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    1. hathawsh ◴[20 Dec 24 19:39 UTC] No.42474219[source]▶
    I'm not contradicting you, but it appears that the suicide rate hasn't changed since 2018. See this interactive chart and switch the Injury Type to Suicide:

    https://wisqars.cdc.gov/fatal-injury-trends/

    That chart shows the rate has hovered around 4000 per month for years. That's 4000 too many, but at least it's not increasing.

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    2. ecshafer ◴[20 Dec 24 19:45 UTC] No.42474283[source]▶
    But we are also seeing shrinking amounts of children. So a steady suicide amount in raw terms is an increasing rate.
    3. kube-system ◴[20 Dec 24 20:04 UTC] No.42474475[source]▶
    That is the raw number, not the rate.

    Since the spread of social media, suicide rates are up for children, significantly: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db471.pdf

    > The suicide rate for people aged 15–19 did not change significantly from 2001 through 2009, then increased 57% from 2009 through 2017

    > For people aged 10–14, the suicide rate tripled from 2007 through 2018

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    4. mr_toad ◴[21 Dec 24 01:31 UTC] No.42476798[source]▶
    > I'm not contradicting you, but it appears that the suicide rate hasn't changed since 2018.

    Peak social media?

    5. ◴[21 Dec 24 04:48 UTC] No.42477610[source]▶
    6. moralestapia ◴[21 Dec 24 06:09 UTC] No.42477836[source]▶
    I don't follow.

    If the rate has gone and population as well, how come the total number is about the same?

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    7. zeroonetwothree ◴[21 Dec 24 07:05 UTC] No.42477994[source]▶
    How are you disagreeing? The comment you responded to said it hasn’t changed since 2018.
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    9. Schiendelman ◴[21 Dec 24 14:37 UTC] No.42479935{3}[source]▶
    It decreased for older folks, and there are fewer kids now.
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    10. moralestapia ◴[21 Dec 24 15:54 UTC] No.42480350{4}[source]▶
    Oh, I see it now. Thanks!
    11. ppsreejith ◴[22 Dec 24 09:17 UTC] No.42485267[source]▶
    The increase from 2009 could also be correlated with the rise of smartphones
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    12. notTooFarGone ◴[23 Dec 24 11:08 UTC] No.42493540{3}[source]▶
    Or a major financial crisis that left behind many people?