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Nov 8, 2023 · The suicide deaths of four current and former Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department employees over a 24-hour span have prompted a plea from Sheriff Robert Luna urging deputies to check on the...
- As teen suicide surges, school policies ... - Los Angeles Times
Even Los Angeles Unified, the country’s second-largest...
- As teen suicide surges, school policies ... - Los Angeles Times
Apr 10, 2017 · The charismatic McPherson lured many physically and mentally sick people to Los Angeles with promises of renewal and healing. In March 1926, an unknown woman, with a sallow sickly complexion...
Nov 30, 2023 · Even Los Angeles Unified, the country’s second-largest school district, has foundered in its attempt to hire more mental health workers, a recent Times investigation found.
- Sonja Sharp
- Staff Writer
- sonja.sharp@latimes.com
Nov 29, 2023 · Rising rates of suicide among older adults drove the number of such deaths to a historic high in the United States last year, even as suicide declined among youth, according to a report released...
- emily.alpert@latimes.com
- Staff Writer
Suicide Rate (Deaths per 100,000 Population), single year (2022) and multi-year aggregate (2018-2022). Data provided by Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (DPH) for the Community Health Profiles (CHP) Data Initiative.
In Los Angeles County, the suicide death rate remained relatively stable among females between 2010 and 2019, ranging from 2.9 per 100,000 (2016) to 3.8 per 100,000 (2017), each year (Figure 1). Among female suicides from 2015-2019, 43% involved hanging/suffocation, 26% involved poisoning and 13% involved firearms (Figure 3a).
Suicide Rate* per 100,000 People by Year, Los Angeles County Residents, 2018-2022. Suicides were identified using International Classification of Disease 10th Revision codes X60-X84, Y87.0, and U03. * All rates are per 100,000 population, and except for age groups, rates are age adjusted to the 2000 US population.
