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There are about 100 non-fatal suicide attempts to every 1 suicide. A little over 14% of students in high school consider suicide and approximately 7% of them attempt suicide. Students that are bullied are around 2 to 9 times more likely to consider suicide than non-victims. [18]
A 2023 study found that Oklahoma had the ninth-highest rate of bullying. Nearly 1 in 5 students experienced bullying, which was defined as spreading rumors, using insults and committing violence.
Nigel Shelby (2004–2019), age 15, was a Huntsville High School student from Huntsville, Alabama, who died by suicide following relentless bullying and harassment after coming out as gay. After Nigel's suicide, a local Sheriff's deputy was placed on leave after making an anti-LGBTQ comment on Facebook mocking the teen's death. [58] [59] [60]
In 2021, the global rate of suicide deaths for men was 12.3 per 100,000, more than double the rate for women, which stood at 5.9 per 100,000 population. However, the sex disparity was uneven across regions, with a male-to-female ratio ranging from as low as 1.4 in the Southeast Asia Region to nearly 4.0 in the Region of the Americas.
The issue of bullying and suicide attempts took center stage in September with the death of an eighth-grade student at Wendell Middle School from a suicide on campus. Jessica Pendergass, the 13 ...
49% of LGBTQ+ young people from 13 to 17 reported they experienced bullying in the past year, which dovetails with higher rates of reporting that they attempted suicide in the past year.
The suicide rate for African Americans has increased more than twofold since 1981. A national survey of high school students conducted in 1999 reported that Hispanic students are twice as likely to report attempted suicide as white students. [8] From 2003 to 2023, the suicide rate for Black youth increased faster than any other racial or ethnic ...
Suicide deaths for people between the ages of 10 and 24 are estimated to have dropped 8.4% in 2022, the CDC says. Suicide rates for 10- to 24-year-olds are estimated to drop. Here's what experts ...