In Mississippi, 635 youth ages 10-24 have committed suicide since 2000 — an average of 49 deaths per year — according to data from the state Department of Health Vital Statistics program.
The number hasn’t budged in more than a decade despite widespread efforts to curb teen suicide, including a 2010 state law requiring schools to ban bullying, one of the most often-cited causes of this epidemic.
In fact, teens statewide have reported an increase in many of the behaviors associated with bullying since passage of the Mississippi Anti-Bullying Law.
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