The big graph "Teen (15-19) suicide rate per 100k" at the start remains wrong.
For pre-1999 data, you use ages 15-19 data, correctly so per your title; for 1999-2020 data, you incorrectly use ages 13-19 data.
Obviously this produces a huge rates drop in 1999 and all subsequent years; in reality ages 15-19 suicide in boys has recently reached similar peak levels to those of early 1990s and girls surpassed them.
Sorry I didn't respond earlier! Most people have been using 5 year blocks to estimate teen suicide rates while this one uses single year CDC data from ages 13-19. I will rerun this later this week when I have time and update as needed.
The big graph "Teen (15-19) suicide rate per 100k" at the start remains wrong.
For pre-1999 data, you use ages 15-19 data, correctly so per your title; for 1999-2020 data, you incorrectly use ages 13-19 data.
Obviously this produces a huge rates drop in 1999 and all subsequent years; in reality ages 15-19 suicide in boys has recently reached similar peak levels to those of early 1990s and girls surpassed them.
https://jeanmtwenge.substack.com/p/yes-its-the-phones-and-social-media
The suicide chart is wrong: the recent rates for boys should be much higher -- the massive drop in 1999 is a hint that as to where the error started.
See
https://theshoresofacademia.blogspot.com/2019/11/youth-suicide-rise-articles-index.html
for a series of analysis I've done on CDC data.
Thanks for sharing!
You know your data is wrong but you didn't bother to fix it? Since March?
Sorry I didn't respond earlier! Most people have been using 5 year blocks to estimate teen suicide rates while this one uses single year CDC data from ages 13-19. I will rerun this later this week when I have time and update as needed.
You might get an influx of attention as Haidt/Twenge linked to this piece.