Suicides involving black juveniles increased substantially between 1981 and 1994
The peak year for juvenile suicides in the 1981–98 period was 1994. Between 1981 and 1994, the number of juvenile suicides increased 44%. The increase was greater for males (51%) than females (24%) and substantially greater for black youth (230%) than white youth (32%).
From 1994 to 1998, the juvenile suicide rate fell 11%, resulting in a 1998 rate that was still 28% above the 1981 rate. Declines in the number of suicides occurred in the following groups: males, females, white youth, and black youth. For each of these groups, however, the number of juvenile suicides in 1998 was still greater than the number in 1981: for males it was 33% greater; for females, 15% greater; for white youth, 18% greater; and for black youth, 126% greater.
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