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Suicide rates in Black children increased to 2.54 from 1.36 per one million children whereas, in white children decreased to 0.77 per million from 1.14. The overall rates for suicide in Black children rose 1.18 per million and for white children fell 0.37 per million. Recent statistics show that Black children (between the age of 5-12) suicide rates are now twice that of white children in the United States. Researchers are unsure are baffled by this discovery. I conducted a literature review in hopes of finding an explanation for this disparity. We turn to existing research to answer the following questions: 1) what are the statistical trends, 2) what does existing research say about Black children and suicide, and 3) whose most at risk and why 4) what does the research recommend to tackle the disparity.
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Kamesha Spates |
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The overall rates for suicide in Black children rose 1.18 per million and for white children fell 0.37 per million. Recent statistics show that Black children (between the age of 5-12) suicide rates are now twice that of white children in the United States. Researchers are unsure are baffled by this discovery. I conducted a literature review in hopes of finding an explanation for this disparity. We turn to existing research to answer the following questions: 1) what are the statistical trends, 2) what does existing research say about Black children and suicide, and 3) whose most at risk and why 4) what does the research recommend to tackle the disparity. |
| Permalink | https://oaks.kent.edu/ugresearch/2020/social-scienceeducationpublic-health/exploration-black-childrens-suicide-rates |
Weaver, S. An Exploration of Black Children’s Suicide Rates. https://oaks.kent.edu/node/10183
Weaver, Seaven. n.d. “An Exploration of Black Children’s Suicide Rates”. https://oaks.kent.edu/node/10183.
Weaver, S. An Exploration of Black Children’s Suicide Rates. https://oaks.kent.edu/node/10183.