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Drug Use and Adolescent Suicide
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Drug Use and Adolescent Suicide
This paper examines the relationship between teenagers suicide and their drug consumption: Incidence, connections, abuse, at-risk teenagers, family dysfunction, self-esteem and past and future research.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages) |
15 sources |
1995
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"This research examines the relationship between suicide by teenagers and drug consumption by teenagers. The term "drugs" includes illegal street narcotics and alcohol. The term "teenage" refers to 15-19 year olds. The suicide rate for 15-19 year olds is 10.2 persons per 100,000 population--18.2 for white males, the highest in this age group, and 2.1 for black females, the lowest in this age group. For all age groups, the suicide rate in the United States is 12.8 persons per 100,000 population. Thus, suicide among white male teenagers is a significant social problem. In numbers of deaths, as opposed to rates per 100,000 population, somewhat less than 3,000 persons among the 15-19 year olds commit suicide each year. As a leading cause of ... "More papers on Drug Use and Adolescent Suicide:
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Drug Use and Adolescent Suicide (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 13, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Essay-Drug-Use-and-Adolescent-Suicide/21998
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"Drug Use and Adolescent Suicide" 15 January 2012. Web. 13 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-Drug-Use-and-Adolescent-Suicide/21998>
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