Visit one of the following. These describe trends across different intersectionalities. Select one combination based on your personal interests related to epidemiological trends in suicide (e.g., Latinx youth or African American older adults). If the combination of interest to you is not represented here, feel free to visit your own (provided it is 2020 data or later) but please provide the link. Provisional Numbers and Rates of Suicide by Month and Demographic Characteristics: United States 2020 (Links to an external site.) This report presents provisional numbers of deaths due to suicide by demographic characteristics (sex and race and Hispanic origin) and by month for 2020 and compares them with final numbers for 2019. Curtin, S.C., Hedegaard, H., & Ahmad, F.B. (2021). Provisional numbers and rates of suicide by month and demographic characteristics: United States, 2020. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsrr/VSRR016.pdf Emergency Department Visits for Suspected Suicide Attempts Among Persons Aged 12-25 Years Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic – United States, January 2019-May 2021 (Links to an external site.) During 2020, the proportion of mental health–related emergency department (ED) visits among adolescents aged 12–17 years increased 31% compared with that during 2019. Yard E, Radhakrishnan L, Ballesteros MF, et al. (2021). Emergency department visits for suspected suicide attempts among persons aged 12–25 years before and during the COVID-19 pandemic — United States, January 2019–May 2021. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 70(24), 888–894. 2. Discuss why it is interesting to you and what you think are the bio-psycho-social-cultural-spiritual-environmental factors at play given the readings.
