Suicide Rate Among U.S. Girls Soars

I was going to write a post about this, but Zendo Deb has gotten there first, and there is nothing much I can add. A taste:

The numbers for girls 10 to 14 is too low to draw many comparisons with.

the suicide rate for 10- to 14-year-old girls. There were 94 suicides in that age group in 2004, compared to 56 in 2003.

Although the percent increase is large (76 percent) the number is small enough relative to the population to fall under the "law of small numbers" or whatever. You really can't reason statistically about this small a percentage of the population. The rate is less than 1 in 100,000.

Read her whole rant.

Like I said, I can't add much to it. She hits every high-point and knocks 'em flat.