Does anyone have any information about how this looks in other countries? Is this an American issue or worldwide?
https://www.aihw.gov.au/suicide-self-harm-monitoring/data/de...
Male rate consistantly ~ > 4x female rate (particularly so pre WWII) - save for WWII years.
Youth suicide in Australia: 2001 - present (ungendered)
https://www.aihw.gov.au/suicide-self-harm-monitoring/data/po...
Ages 18-24 are peak ages for suicide, ~ 2x rate @15-17
Indigenous suicide in Australia: 2001 - present
https://www.aihw.gov.au/suicide-self-harm-monitoring/data/po...
approx 1.5-2.5x non-indigenous.
There's more to be gleaned from the actual full M&M tables, these are just the web tables available re: suicide.
NOTE WELL!! In AU, UK, USofA etc reporting customs have changed with respect to cause of death and suicide over the years, some dips and peaks may be more related to the culture of reporting rather than rates of actual suicide.
One thing that helps is having a stable future ready for them to inherit. They can see the investments our generation is making for them (windmills, car chargers, trains), they have guaranteed education and apprenticeship to bring them into adulthood and independence, and they have a social safety net ready to catch them (I suspect they don't really understand the value of that though).
My point is, it is easy to say "you've got a bright future" and get them to believe it when the entire society is actually organized around making it actually true.