Deaths By Suicide and Firearms Among Kids Are Rising Sharply

After years of progress, deaths by suicide, homicide and other means of injury are way up among kids, according to new data from the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics.

The overall death rate for children between ages 10 and 19 fell by 33% between 1999 and 2013. But from 2013 to 2016, the report says, it crept back up by 12% — in large part because of a sizable increase in injury deaths, a category that includes deaths by suicide, homicide and unintentional injuries or accidents.