Annals of the Decline and Fall (cont’d.): Developed World Sees Rise in Youth Suicide, Murder — ‘Since the mid-1950s, an analysis of data from 26 industrialized nations reveals, the rate of death among adolescents and young adults has decreased by almost 50%. But death rates in this group from motor vehicle accidents, homicide and suicide combined have risen by 17%, according to the analysis.

And among 15- to 34-year-olds in the sampled countries, the US had the second highest rate of death from homicide, and the third highest rate of death due to motor vehicle accidents, the researchers found.’ Reuters Health via Yahoo!