The rate of suicide among black boys ages 5 to 11 doubled between 1993 and 2012; rates for white boys in the same age group decreased. CNN values your feedback 1.

Awareness of boys’ mental health needs is step one to arresting the male suicide crisis. “Parents need to know that being male is the biggest risk factor for suicide,” Reeves said.

The suicide rates among Black girls ages 13-19 nearly doubled from 2001 to 2017. For Black boys in the same age group, over the same period, rates rose 60 percent.

The suicide rate for Black children ages 10 to 19 has risen 60% just over the past two decades. TAMPA, Fla. — Mental health experts are noticing an alarming trend: the rate of suicide among ...