A sobering new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests suicide rates for children and young adults are still on the rise.<br />According to HuffPost, youth suicide has been a public health crisis in the United States for years.<br />The national suicide rate among 10- to 24-year-olds in the U.S. was mostly stable at the start of the 2000s.<br />However, it rose by 57% from 2007 to 2018. That's an alarming jump from 6.8 deaths per 100,000 in 2007 to 10.7 deaths per 100,000 in 2018.<br />The sobering new report reveals Alaska had the highest youth suicide rate, followed by South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, and New Mexico.
