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Youth suicide is when a young person, generally categorized as someone below age 21, deliberately ends their own life. Suicide attempts are generally higher among females than males. However, males are more successful in ending their lives. In 2015 alone, 1,537 males and 524 females aged 15 through 19 in the United States took their own lives. Suicide rates in youths have nearly tripled between the 1960s and 1980s with suicide being the second leading cause of death among 15 to 24 year-olds in the United States and third worldwide.

'' For example, in Australia suicide is second only to motor vehicle accidents as its leading cause of death for people aged 15–25. Based on a survey done on American high school students, 16% reported considering suicide and 8% reported attempting suicide sometime within the 12 months before taking the survey. Between 1980 and 1994, the suicide rates of young black males doubled. American Indians and Alaska Natives commit suicide at a higher rate than any other ethnic group in the United States. In India, one-third of suicides are young people 15–29. In 2002, 154,000 suicides were recorded in India.''

Epidemiology
Two possible determinants to suicide attempts are lifetime sexual abuse and adult physical violence. Among participants aged 18-25, the odds ratios for lifetime sexual abuse and adult physical violence are 4.27 and 3.85, respectively. In other words, those who committed suicide are 327% more likely to have experienced lifetime sexual assault. Similarly, a suicide victim is 285% more likely to have suffered physical violence as and adult.