Youth suicides in North Carolina have doubled since the start of the decade and increased by more than one-third between 2013 and 2014. Child safety advocates are worried that the increase will continue.
The North Carolina Child Fatality Task Force released details Monday about the state's child death rate. The task force says 46 children died by suicide last year, compared to 34 the year before and 23 in 2010.
The child death rate has fallen 46 percent since 1991, when the task force was formed.
The task force makes recommendations to the General Assembly. A panel committee will have a special meeting on suicide in February.
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