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Title: Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in American Indian and Alaska Native Adolescents.
Authors: Price, James H.1 jprice@utnet.utoledo.edu, Khubchandani, Jagdish2 jagdish@nmsu.edu
Source: Journal of Community Health. Apr2025, Vol. 50 Issue 2, p227-234. 8p.
Subject Terms: *Research methodology, *Adolescence, Alaska Natives, Risk assessment, Cross-sectional method, Suicidal ideation, Risk-taking behavior, Life expectancy, Sex distribution, Socioeconomic factors, Age distribution, Disease prevalence, Asphyxia, Firearms, Surveys, Social support, Psychology of Native Americans
Geographic Terms: United States
Abstract: American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) have consistently exhibited suicide rates that surpass all other racial and ethnic groups in the United States. However, not much has been published regarding the epidemiology of AI/AN youth suicides. The objectives of this study on AI/AN adolescents were to assess the prevalence of suicidal thoughts and behaviors by age and gender, assess the number of years of life lost to suicide before the age of 80, and assess the most common methods used to commit suicide by AI/AN adolescents. Data utilized for this study were from the national Youth Risk Behavior Surveys and the Web-Based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System. We conducted a cross-sectional descriptive analysis of the suicide-related data from years 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2021. We found AI/AN adolescents averaged one in four contemplated suicides, one in five planned suicides, and one in six attempted suicides. A total of 257 adolescents committed suicide during the study period where the majority (62.5%) were observed in males and suicides were more common in older adolescents. AI/AN adolescents had the highest crude suicide death rate of any racial or ethnic group and the most common methods used to commit suicide were suffocation (57.5%) and firearms (35.5%). AI/ AN adolescents lost almost 16,000 years of potential life during the four years of the study and the majority were lost by males. Professionals and policymakers desiring to reduce suicidal thoughts and behaviors among AI/AN adolescents need to focus more of their efforts on providing youths with resilience factors to establish sufficient ego strength in them to deal with all types of stressors. Concurrently, federal, state, and tribal leaders need to work together to improve the social and economic circumstances faced by many AI/AN families and children. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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