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Decline in teen drug use continues, surprising experts

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349 points pseudolus | 1 comments | 17 Dec 24 23:44 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source
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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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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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1. 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.