Who dies next? Every year thousands of youth die, not from cancer or car accidents but by their own hand. The American Academy of Pediatrics estimates that 500,000 youth try to kill themselves every year and over 5,000 succeed. Since 1970 teen suicide has increased 300 percent for ages 15 through 19 and 180 percent for ages 10 through 14. In one recent survey of high school students, 60 percent said they had thought about killing themselves. That is three out of every five students. 44 …showed first 75 words of 881 total…

…showed last 75 words of 881 total…know that they are not alone and will also get them someone to talk to that understands. Hopefully if everyone works together we can help the youth suicide rate to decrease. Education is the key, parents and children need to know more about this subject. We donÆt want to lose anymore children tothe awful choice of suicide. These children need to having fun and enjoying life not have to battle the thoughts of suicide.