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Social Issue: Suicide Rates high among Hispanic Girls

Posted Gloria Lopez-Henriquez
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According to the latest report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of Hispanic teenage girls to take their lives is twice more likely than other girls of racial backgrounds. The report showed that 26% of Hispanic teenage girls contemplated suicide in 2013 compared to 21% of Hispanic teenage girls in…

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