Regular ArticleSuicide among the young — the size of the problem☆
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2007, Academic Emergency MedicineCitation Excerpt :In addition, seven out of eight cases of children aged 5–10 years of age involved intentional self-poisoning. It is widely recognized that suicide completion rates fail to capture the true scope of suicidality in all age groups; therefore, current data are likely an underestimate of the prevalence of this problem for children younger than 12 years.2,24 In 2003, suicide rates were 0.0 per 100,000 for ages 0 to 4 years, 0.6 per 100,000 for ages 5 to 14 years (250 deaths), and 9.7 per 100,000 for ages 15 to 24 years (3,988 deaths).
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Although all acts of fatal non-accidental self-injury may not meet criminal or civil standards of proof for suicide, these terms are used somewhat interchangeably throughtout this article. The former is favoured in relation to the possible "suicide" of the study sample.
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