Hm, I went looking for some stats, and it was kind of hard to find actual numbers. Lots of 'rates increased XX%', or 'XX% via firearms'. But I did find that t

Hm, I went looking for some stats, and it was kind of hard to find actual numbers. Lots of 'rates increased XX%', or 'XX% via firearms'. But I did find that the suicide rate in 2021 was 14 per 100,000. That's general population. I don't know the rate for teen girls, but I'd accept that it may be several times higher. Say, 50 per 100,000, or about 0.05%. (Although I've also heard that male suicide rate is higher than female.) That would mean that of those girls that 'seriously considered attempting suicide' in 2021, only around 0.15% of them actually did it. I'd obviously be concerned if a girl expressed that she thought about killing herself; whatever is causing her torment needs to be corrected. But still, when numbers like 'one third' are tossed around, it needs to be recognized that 99.9% of them don't do it.