A new study shows that suicide rates among young adults in America’s Generation Z increased by nearly 20 percent between 2014 and 2024.
Axios reported that a new study of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data conducted by Stateline shows that the suicide rate for Generation Z, adults ages 18 to 27, increased almost 20 percent from 2014 to 2024 in the United States. The outlet noted that the suicide rate for young Americans increased from 13.8 suicides per 100,000 people to 16.4 per 100,000 people.
According to Stateline’s study, the suicide rate for Americans in Generation Z increased from 13.8 per 100,000 people to 16.4 per 100,000 people. The outlet noted that Georgia witnessed the highest increase in suicide rates among young Americans, with a 64.9 percent increase.
After Georgia, both Texas and North Carolina experienced a 41 percent increase in suicide rates for Americans ages 18 to 27, Alabama experienced a 39 percent increase, and Ohio experienced a 37 percent increase, according to Stateline.
Stateline reported that men currently have the highest suicide rates, with Hispanic and Black men representing 85 percent of the suicide rate increase. The recent study showed that the rate of suicide for Native, Asian, Black, and Hispanic young adults increased from 2014 to 2024, with suicide becoming the top cause of death for young Asian Americans and the second-highest cause of death for young Hispanic Americans.
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Commenting on the major increase in suicides among America’s young adults, Dave Marcotte, a professor at American University, explained that suicide rates increased during the recession in the early 2000s and that the suicide rates for young Americans have continued to rise since the recession.
“There’s likely no one magic answer to this. Future job prospects for this generation are not what they were for older generations,” Marcotte stated. “Today’s generation is not guaranteed a position in society that’s better than their parents. That’s one hypothesis.”
According to Stateline, Jean Twenge, a psychology professor at San Diego State University, pointed to the increased use of social media and warned that people who heavily use social media are more likely to be depressed. Twenge noted that young Americans are more likely to have been impacted by the introduction of social media.
Stateline reported that researcher Jonathan Haidt, author of “The Anxious Generation,” suggested that another reason behind the increased depression and mental health issues among younger American adults is the fact that their generation spent less time interacting with others face-to-face and more time interacting with others unsupervised in an online world as children and teenagers.
