DENVER — The suicide rate for Colorado youth ages 10-18 has fallen to its lowest level since 2007, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s (CDPHE) Office of Suicide Prevention announced Monday.

In 2024, there were 39 suicide deaths in Colorado among that age group, a suicide rate of 5.85 per 100,000 10-to-18-year-olds. That rate is down from its peak in 2020, when the state saw 87 suicide deaths (12.91 deaths per 100,000 youth).

In an interview with Denver7 anchor Shannon Ogden, CDPHE attributed the decline to programs made available to young people.

"What we're seeing is that working together with other state agencies and local partners across the state is increasing the number of evidence-based programs that are reaching young people, hopefully before they are in cr

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