Kathmandu, February 14. On Monday, The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) published its findings on the latest behavioral survey, indicating that young teenage girls in the United States are committing violent acts and feeling depressed at levels that have never been seen before. 

In the fall of 2021, the Center conducted a survey among 17,000 U.S. high school students to study the behavior and mental health aspects of teenage youth.

The study found that 30 percent of teenage girls seriously considered attempting suicide which is twice the rate of boys and up nearly 60% from ten years ago.

Almost 20 percent of girls reported having been the victim of rape or other sexual violence, which is also an increase over previous years.

Kathleen Ethier, director of the CDC’s adolescent and school health division, stated that the center had never seen “this kind of devastating, consistent findings” in 30 years of collecting similar data. “There’s no question young people are telling us they are in crisis. The data really call on us to act,” Ethier added.

CDC’s chief medical officer Debra Houry further added, “America’s teen girls are engulfed in a growing wave of sadness, violence, and trauma … Over the past decade, teens have experienced dramatic increases in experiences of violence and poor mental health and suicide risk.”

Click here to read the full report entitled “YOUTH RISK BEHAVIOR SURVEY – DATA SUMMARY & TRENDS REPORT 2011-2021” published by US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) on February 13, 2022.