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Similarly , Middle School-age females are much more likely to PLAN a suicide than males . Percentage of Students who Ever Made a Plan About How They Would Kill Themselves , by Age
30.0 %
25.0 %
24.6 %
20.0 % 18.1 %
16.1 %
18.0 % 17.7 %
15.0 % 13.9 %
13.3 % 12.8 %
14.0 %
10.0 %
9.8 %
5.0 %
0.0 % Total Middle Schoolers Age 11 or younger Age 12 Age 13 Age 14 or older
Total Male Female
SOURCE : http :// www . floridahealth . gov / statistics-and-data / survey-data / 2019MiddleSchoolSummaryTables . pdf