AcademyHealth: Widening Rural-Urban Disparities in Youth Suicides

I’ve written about what kills adolescents, like suicides, recently at The Upshot. But new data and new studies show that suicide rates in this population are going up, not down, especially in rural areas. Moreover, we can’t talk about suicides without talking about guns.

It won’t be popular, and it may make some people angry, but it’s an important discussion. See more in my latest post at the AcademyHealth blog.

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Aaron Carroll

Aaron E. Carroll, MD, MS is co-Editor-in-Chief of The Incidental Economist and tweets at @aaronecarroll. He is the Chief Health Officer at Indiana University. He is also a Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Dean for Research Mentoring at the Indiana University School of Medicine. In addition to contributing regularly to The New York Times and the Atlantic, he is the author of four books, most recently The Bad Food Bible.

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Aaron Carroll

Aaron E. Carroll, MD, MS is co-Editor-in-Chief of The Incidental Economist and tweets at @aaronecarroll. He is the Chief Health Officer at Indiana University. He is also a Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Dean for Research Mentoring at the Indiana University School of Medicine. In addition to contributing regularly to The New York Times and the Atlantic, he is the author of four books, most recently The Bad Food Bible.

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