
Surgeon General found that from 1980 - 1995, the suicide rate among African Americans ages 10 to 14 increased 233 percentage, as compared to 120 percent of non-Hispanic whites. Click the above button to display black-screen in fullscreen mode so you can SEE THE DUST better and make your computer screen clean. Black or African Americans living below the poverty level, as compared to those over twice the poverty level, are twice as likely to report serious psychological distress. Black Screen : Clean your computer screen.
Poverty level affects mental health status. Black females, grades 9-12, were 60 percent more likely to attempt suicide in 2019, as compared to non-Hispanic white females of the same age. The overall suicide rate for black or African Americans was 60 percent lower than that of the non-Hispanic white population, in 2018.
The death rate from suicide for black or African American men was four times greater than for African American women, in 2018. In 2019, suicide was the second leading cause of death for blacks or African Americans, ages 15 to 24. Mental and Behavioral Health - African Americans