Suicide is a leading cause of death in children and adolescents. Prevention efforts may benefit from examining temporal patterns and precipitating circumstances of youth suicide deaths. The purpose of this study was to investigate if there are distinct temporal patterns of suicide death for youth. We examined the distributions of suicide deaths across months of the year and days of the week in youth ages 10–18 using data from the National Violent Death Reporting System. We found that youth suicides peaked during March, April, and October on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. When disaggregated by separate years of age, we discovered unique patterns in 18-year-olds and 10-year-olds. Suicides peaked during July for 18-year-olds and on Saturday for 10-year-olds. These findings suggest a need to examine temporal patterns by separate years of age, as grouping ages together may mask unique trends.

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国家暴力死亡报告系统报告的青少年自杀死亡的时间模式

自杀是儿童和青少年死亡的主要原因。检查青少年自杀死亡的时间模式和诱发情况可能会有益于预防工作。本研究的目的是调查青少年自杀死亡是否存在明显的时间模式。我们利用国家暴力死亡报告系统的数据，研究了 10 至 18 岁青少年一年中几个月和一周中自杀死亡的分布情况。我们发现青少年自杀率在三月、四月和十月的周一、周二和周三达到顶峰。当按不同年龄分类时，我们发现 18 岁和 10 岁的孩子有独特的模式。 18 岁青少年的自杀率在 7 月达到顶峰，10 岁青少年的自杀率在周六达到顶峰。这些发现表明需要按不同年龄来检查时间模式，因为将年龄分组可能会掩盖独特的趋势。