Suicide rates among children and young people in England have increased by 50% in the last decade, figures show.
The Office for National Statistics analysed data covering almost 12 million children and young people aged between 15 and 25 from 2011-12 to 2021-22. There were 4,315 suicides across the whole period.
Connor123x on
Well, when you take away hope, that tends to happen.
ShinyHappyPurple on
We need urgent investment in a children and young adults mental health service while we do the longer term work of making sure there are children’s services/youth clubs and teenagers can grow up and have some confidence they can make it in the world via legitimate work and one day even buy their own home.
NothingIsReal6 on
Life has gotten 100x times harder for young people in the last 10 years, is this a surprise to anyone
lordnacho666 on
It’s social media. This is not a UK only phenomenon. Look up Jonathan Haidt, he’s written about this.
sjintje on
>The ONS found “small significant differences” between the suicide rates for males and females across the school year.
Suicide rates among females were highest in early May, at 0.53 for every 100,000 people, compared with 0.29 per 100,000 in early July.
The figures for males ranged from a peak of 1.26 in early July to a low of 0.85 in late November.
It’s a bit weird that the didn’t expand on the most obvious difference.
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Suicide rates among children and young people in England have increased by 50% in the last decade, figures show.
The Office for National Statistics analysed data covering almost 12 million children and young people aged between 15 and 25 from 2011-12 to 2021-22. There were 4,315 suicides across the whole period.
Well, when you take away hope, that tends to happen.
We need urgent investment in a children and young adults mental health service while we do the longer term work of making sure there are children’s services/youth clubs and teenagers can grow up and have some confidence they can make it in the world via legitimate work and one day even buy their own home.
Life has gotten 100x times harder for young people in the last 10 years, is this a surprise to anyone
It’s social media. This is not a UK only phenomenon. Look up Jonathan Haidt, he’s written about this.
>The ONS found “small significant differences” between the suicide rates for males and females across the school year.
Suicide rates among females were highest in early May, at 0.53 for every 100,000 people, compared with 0.29 per 100,000 in early July.
The figures for males ranged from a peak of 1.26 in early July to a low of 0.85 in late November.
It’s a bit weird that the didn’t expand on the most obvious difference.