Younger teens’ suicide deaths remained roughly level year-over-year, though, with 17 fatalities among people between 10 and 14 in 2022.
Fewer older teens in Colorado died by suicide in 2022 than at almost any point in the past decade, but kids in early adolescence didn’t show the same improvement., released Tuesday, showed 56 people between 15 and 19 died by suicide in 2022, down from a high of 83 in 2020 — a 32% drop. After adjusting for population growth, the suicide rate for older teens was at its lowest level since 2014.
Younger teens’ suicide deaths remained roughly level year-over-year, though, with 17 fatalities among kids between 10 and 14 in 2022. The rate was down slightly from its 2018 high, when 25 children in that age group died by suicide. The percentage of teens reporting they had seriously considered suicide, made a plan, or made an attempt has been roughly flat since 2015. In 2021, the most recent year with data, 17% of high school students in Colorado said they had seriously considered suicide, 13% said they had made a plan and 7% said they had attempted suicide.
The southwestern corner of the state had the highest reported rate of teen suicide, which was more than double the rate of the Colorado region that includes most of the Interstate 70 ski communities. The Denver metro area had the second-lowest rate.
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