09/17/2026
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๐ฐ๐ด๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป.
In 2023, ๐ฐ๐ด๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ญ๐ฌโ๐ญ๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐. Su***de was the ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ต for this age group.
And among ๐จ.๐ฆ. ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฏ:
๐ญ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฑ (๐ฎ๐ฌ%) seriously considered attempting su***de during the previous 12 months.
๐ก๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐ญ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ญ๐ฌ (๐ญ๐ฌ%) reported that they had actually attempted su***de during the previous 12 months.
Those numbers are hard to read. But theyโre important to talk about.
These are kids sitting in classrooms, playing sports, going to youth group, hanging out with friends, scrolling on their phones, and sometimes carrying things the adults around them know nothing about.
Talk to them. Not just when something seems wrong.
Ask how theyโre really doing. Listen without immediately trying to fix it. Pay attention when something changes. And if you're worried about su***de, don't be afraid to ask them directly.
Our kids need to know there is nothing they could tell us that would make them less loved or their life less worth fighting for.
๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ. ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐น๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด.
If a young person is struggling, call or text ๐ต๐ด๐ด for the Su***de & Crisis Lifeline.
Sources: CDC/National Center for Health Statistics, 2023 mortality data; CDC WISQARS; CDC Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2023.
