Policy Brief: Suicide Among Indigenous Youth
<p>Suicide has become a leading cause of death for Americans, especially young Americans, in the last few decades but has wreaked disproportionate havoc among the most vulnerable groups in the United States, Indigenous people in particular. People who identify as American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) account for around three percent of the U.S. population which equates to about 9.7 million people with 3.7 million identifying solely as AI/AN<a href="https://medium.com/@kat.dicken/policy-brief-suicide-among-indigenous-youth-b8280b2e1e6#_edn1" rel="noopener ugc nofollow">[i]</a>. This group as a whole faces rates of suicide higher than the rest of the general population by nearly four times. The disparity of the increased suicide rate is even higher among youth ages 15 to 24 years, averaging about 31 suicides per 100,000 people from 2000 to 2013. </p>
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