Suicide Rate Among Youths Soaring, C.D.C. Reports

By Millicent Lawton

The suicide rate among younger adolescents and teenage members of minority groups is growing at an alarming rate, a study by federal researchers shows.

Between 1980 and 1992--the most recent year for which data are available--the suicide rate among children 10 to 14 years old more than doubled, from 0.8 per 100,000 persons to 1.7.

By comparison, the suicide rate for young people between the ages of 15 and 19 rose 28.3...

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